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feat: allow passing custom env vars to dokploy container via DOKPLOY_…
vtomasr5 Feb 4, 2026
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feat: skip built-in postgres/redis when external services provided
vtomasr5 Feb 4, 2026
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96 changes: 68 additions & 28 deletions apps/website/public/install.sh
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# Usage with bash: DOKPLOY_VERSION=canary bash install.sh
# Usage with bash: DOKPLOY_VERSION=latest bash install.sh
# Usage with bash: bash install.sh (detects latest stable version)
#
# Optional environment variables for dokploy container (see https://docs.dokploy.com/docs/core/manual-installation):
# DOKPLOY_DOCKER_ENVS: Pass additional -e flags to the dokploy container
# Example: export DOKPLOY_DOCKER_ENVS="-e TZ=America/New_York -e PORT=4000"
# Available env vars: PORT, TRAEFIK_PORT, TRAEFIK_SSL_PORT, TZ, DATABASE_URL, REDIS_HOST
#
# Note: If DATABASE_URL is provided, the built-in dokploy-postgres service will not be created.
# If REDIS_HOST is provided, the built-in dokploy-redis service will not be created.
detect_version() {
local version="${DOKPLOY_VERSION}"

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chmod 777 /etc/dokploy

# Generate secure random password for Postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(generate_random_password)

# Store password as Docker Secret (encrypted and secure)
echo "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" | docker secret create dokploy_postgres_password - 2>/dev/null || true

echo "Generated secure database credentials (stored in Docker Secrets)"
# Allow custom Docker environment variables via DOKPLOY_DOCKER_ENVS environment variable
# Example: export DOKPLOY_DOCKER_ENVS="-e TZ=America/New_York -e PORT=4000"
docker_extra_envs="${DOKPLOY_DOCKER_ENVS:-}"
if [ -n "$docker_extra_envs" ]; then
echo "Using custom docker environment variables: $docker_extra_envs"
fi

docker service create \
--name dokploy-postgres \
--constraint 'node.role==manager' \
--network dokploy-network \
--env POSTGRES_USER=dokploy \
--env POSTGRES_DB=dokploy \
--secret source=dokploy_postgres_password,target=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
--env POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
--mount type=volume,source=dokploy-postgres,target=/var/lib/postgresql/data \
$endpoint_mode \
postgres:16
# Check if external database/redis are provided
use_external_db=false
use_external_redis=false
if echo "$docker_extra_envs" | grep -q "DATABASE_URL"; then
use_external_db=true
echo "External DATABASE_URL detected, skipping dokploy-postgres service creation"
fi
if echo "$docker_extra_envs" | grep -q "REDIS_HOST"; then
use_external_redis=true
echo "External REDIS_HOST detected, skipping dokploy-redis service creation"
fi

docker service create \
--name dokploy-redis \
--constraint 'node.role==manager' \
--network dokploy-network \
--mount type=volume,source=dokploy-redis,target=/data \
$endpoint_mode \
redis:7
# Generate secure random password for Postgres (only if using built-in postgres)
if [ "$use_external_db" = false ]; then
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(generate_random_password)

# Store password as Docker Secret (encrypted and secure)
echo "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" | docker secret create dokploy_postgres_password - 2>/dev/null || true

echo "Generated secure database credentials (stored in Docker Secrets)"

docker service create \
--name dokploy-postgres \
--constraint 'node.role==manager' \
--network dokploy-network \
--env POSTGRES_USER=dokploy \
--env POSTGRES_DB=dokploy \
--secret source=dokploy_postgres_password,target=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
--env POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
--mount type=volume,source=dokploy-postgres,target=/var/lib/postgresql/data \
$endpoint_mode \
postgres:16
fi

if [ "$use_external_redis" = false ]; then
docker service create \
--name dokploy-redis \
--constraint 'node.role==manager' \
--network dokploy-network \
--mount type=volume,source=dokploy-redis,target=/data \
$endpoint_mode \
redis:7
fi

# Installation
# Set RELEASE_TAG environment variable for canary/feature versions
release_tag_env=""
if [ "$VERSION_TAG" != "latest" ]; then
release_tag_env="-e RELEASE_TAG=$VERSION_TAG"
fi


# Set postgres secret and env var only if using built-in postgres
postgres_secret_args=""
postgres_env_args=""
if [ "$use_external_db" = false ]; then
postgres_secret_args="--secret source=dokploy_postgres_password,target=/run/secrets/postgres_password"
postgres_env_args="-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/postgres_password"
fi

docker service create \
--name dokploy \
--replicas 1 \
--network dokploy-network \
--mount type=bind,source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock \
--mount type=bind,source=/etc/dokploy,target=/etc/dokploy \
--mount type=volume,source=dokploy,target=/root/.docker \
--secret source=dokploy_postgres_password,target=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
$postgres_secret_args \
--publish published=3000,target=3000,mode=host \
--update-parallelism 1 \
--update-order stop-first \
--constraint 'node.role == manager' \
$endpoint_mode \
$release_tag_env \
$docker_extra_envs \
-e ADVERTISE_ADDR=$advertise_addr \
-e POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/postgres_password \
$postgres_env_args \
$DOCKER_IMAGE

sleep 4
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