Self-Hosting with Docker/Podman with Compose

Stack

service	Image	Description
client	from `../Dockerfile`	readest frontend
db	`supabase/postgres`	psql db with supabase extensions
kong	`kong:2.8.1`	api gateway routing requests to supabase services
auth	`supabase/gotrue:v2.185.0`	auth service (email, JWT)
rest	`postgrest/postgrest:v14.3`	psql rest api
minio	`minio/minio`	s3 storage
minio-setup	`minio/mc`	helper container to create s3 buckets

Exposed ports

Port	Service
`3000`	readest
`7000`	kong API gateway
`9000`	MinIO S3 API
`9001`	MinIO console UI

Running with Docker/Podman Compose

1. setup .env

cp docker/.env.example docker/.env

update docker/.env:

update POSTGRES_PASSWORD to a strong password (32+ chars)
update JWT_SECRET to a random secret (32+ chars)
regenerate ANON_KEY and SERVICE_ROLE_KEY as HS256 JWTs signed with your JWT_SECRET (use jwt.io or a similar tool):
- ANON_KEY payload: {"role": "anon"}
- SERVICE_ROLE_KEY payload: {"role": "service_role"}
set MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD to a strong password

2. Start the Stack

run from the docker/ directory:

cd docker
docker compose up --build -d

the client image is built locally on first run. subsequent starts reuse the cached image.

3. Access

Readest app: http://localhost:3000
MinIO console: http://localhost:9001 (login with MINIO_ROOT_USER / MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD)

Hot Reload (development)

to develop using the compose stack, set the build target on client to development-stage, which'll runs the next.js dev server. to enable hot reload, uncomment the volumes block in the client service in compose.yaml:

volumes:
  - ../:/app
  - /app/node_modules
  - /app/apps/readest-app/node_modules
  - /app/apps/readest-app/public/vendor
  - /app/apps/readest-app/.next
  - /app/packages/foliate-js/node_modules

the first mount overlays your local repo into the container. the remaining anonymous volumes shadow the directories that were pre-built inside the image, so the container's installed deps and vendor assets are used instead of what's on your host.

Stop the Stack

cd docker
docker compose down

to also remove volumes (database and storage data):

cd docker
docker compose down -v

Building the Dockerfile standalone

the Dockerfile requires Build args for the next.js public env vars (they are inlined at build time)

docker build \
  --target production-stage \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=http://localhost:7000 \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=<anon-key> \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_PLATFORM=web \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000 \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_OBJECT_STORAGE_TYPE=s3 \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_STORAGE_FIXED_QUOTA=1073741824 \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_TRANSLATION_FIXED_QUOTA=50000 \
  -t readest-client \
  .

run the built image:

docker run -p 3000:3000 \
  -e SUPABASE_URL=http://kong:8000 \
  -e SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=<anon-key> \
  -e SUPABASE_ADMIN_KEY=<service-role-key> \
  -e S3_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9000 \
  -e S3_REGION=us-east-1 \
  -e S3_BUCKET_NAME=readest-files \
  -e S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<minio-user> \
  -e S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<minio-password> \
  readest-client