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Dec 27, 2023, 17:21

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jaboycOriginal post

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Oct 2, 2023, 20:25

Hello! Before the Appwrite rebrand, I was able to access the .env and docker-compose.yml file for self-hosting at https://appwrite.io/install/compose and https://appwrite.io/install/env, but they now return 404. Where can I find these base files that are described in the installation docs?
https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/self-hosting/#:~:text=download%20the%20Appwrite,files

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The user performed a self-hosted installation of Appwrite using a bash command. The installation created a directory called 'appwrite', which contains the necessary files. The user also mentioned not running the installation as root in a production environment. The solution provided is to set a normal user with Docker permissions using the command 'sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}'. The user also mentioned the issue of not being able to access the .env and docker-compose.yml files for self-hosting on the Appwrite website, as the links return a 404 error. The user requested information on where to find these files.

Mylo

Oct 2, 2023, 20:48

i came across these https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/self-hosting/environment-variables

jaboyc

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Oct 2, 2023, 20:53

That's helpful for figuring out what the environment variables do, but I don't know what the initial docker-compose.yml or .env file should look like 😦

Drake

Oct 2, 2023, 21:01

we still need to get those new links/files on the website...for now, it's best to do the automatic install

jaboyc

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Oct 2, 2023, 21:03

Sounds good. Will there be some announcement or way to be notified when the links are updated?

Drake

Oct 2, 2023, 21:05

👍🏼 this issue: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/issues/6367

Mylo

Oct 9, 2023, 16:43

on my install (self hosted) where i did not use a one-click setup,
e.g. i used the bash command

https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/self-hosting

docker run -it --rm \
    --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    --volume "$(pwd)"/appwrite:/usr/src/code/appwrite:rw \
    --entrypoint="install" \
    appwrite/appwrite:1.4.4

and it creates the $(pwd)/appwrite directory if not existing.

in this directory are the files you are probably looking for.

root@appwrite144:~# ls -la appwrite/
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Oct  2 20:37 .
drwx------ 6 root root  4096 Oct  2 20:37 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22710 Oct  2 19:17 docker-compose.yml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3470 Oct  2 20:31 .env

ps: don't run as root in prod. set your normal user with docker permissions.
sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER} which i have not done on the above snippets from a devbox.

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