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Development: Installing Forem using Docker on Ubuntu

Akhil Naidu on August 20, 2020

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Nguyễn Trung Kien • Aug 18 '21 • Edited

This is all i have after follow your tutorial, but don't know why i alway get blank page after i try to login with admin@forem.local/password

forem.dev/remoteimages/uploads/art...

Akhil Naidu • Aug 18 '21

From the looks of it, I guess you are hosting your Forem on a VPS. So, in the .env file, replace the localhost:3000 with <yourIP>:3000

And also, make sure that port 3000 is open to public => some configurations.

If you still have any issues, I suggest you configure nginx proxy server, so that you can get rid of that port 3000.

Nguyễn Trung Kien • Aug 18 '21 • Edited

thanks, another question is there any way to increase image size when upload? i receive "The string did not match the expected pattern." every time. And can i Block permission to write a new post to user, only Admin can write and user can comment only? I use Dokku, t2d

Akhil Naidu • Aug 19 '21

And can i Block permission to write a new post to user, only Admin can write and user can comment only?

You can create a feature request post upon this query, but for now, it is not possible without the modifications of the code base.

Nguyễn Trung Kien • Aug 18 '21

Can i display this on my Home Page Forever?

forem.dev/remoteimages/uploads/art...

Sebastian • Oct 13 '22

here the same, what can i do with the port 3000 ?

Sebastian • Oct 13 '22

After Login with (admin@forem.local/password) i have a blank page.
Yes i edit the "localhost" to the the VPS IP:

APP_DOMAIN="173.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000"
APP_PROTOCOL="http://"

And the port "3000" is free:

sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw allow 3000

and then i restart the server and start "forem" new.
But the Blank Site start again :(

Varhal • Apr 25 '21

Please tell me how to solve the problem with blank page after trying to login? CentOS Linux 7.8. Thank you!

Akhil Naidu • Apr 27 '21

Blank page? Can I have a look at the error screenshot?

tmedivh • Jun 13 '21

forem.dev/remoteimages/uploads/art...

Akhil Naidu • Jun 14 '21

Configure your env variables, especially

APP_DOMAIN
APP_PROTOCOL

tmedivh • Jun 14 '21

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MD UDOY HASAN • Dec 16 '20 • Edited

A very nice post.
I've follow you all instruction in this post to install forem. But I'm getting an error. Can you give me an way to fix this error? The error is when I type bin/container-setup I'm getting this error:

Starting the Forem container stack...
The vendor/bundle directory is empty or does not exist.
This will cause bundle install to run which takes a long time with docker.
Depending on your hardware specs, the initial setup can take
30 to 45 minutes. Please stand by...
ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon at http+docker://localhost - is it running?

If it's at a non-standard location, specify the URL with the DOCKER_HOST environment variable.

Akhil Naidu • Dec 17 '20

use these commands in order.

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

logout and login if PC or if it is a VM restart your VM or VPS

newgrp docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo service docker restart
run this command to verify your docker: docker run hello-world

Noeltim • Oct 8 '21

Hey @akhil , thanks for this awesome guide.

Just one question, I'm planning to use docker to selfhost, but i see that the git clone command is not the self host repo.

Would this cause any issues?

Thanks

Akhil Naidu • Oct 8 '21

You can use the official repo: github.com/forem/forem

Vicente Antonio G. Reyes • Oct 23 '20

Hey Akhil, awesome article you have!

How much server resources do you estimate forem would need for a couple hundred users? I'm planning on deploying my own Forem to DO. 😄

Akhil Naidu • Oct 23 '20 • Edited

Today, most of the services provided by many cloud hosting companies are scalable, keeping this fact in mind it is always better to start with the minimum requirements for any project; at least this is my opinion.

So, I would suggest you start with 4GB Ram, 2Core CPU droplet, for initial production, it can easily maintain 100 users. If you feel like cost doesn't matter, you can prefer 8GB ram and 4Core CPU, anything above this will be an overkill. After all after a particular stage in open sources projects like Forem, the main issue will be in regarding storing data and backing them up safely.

Hope you got some useful info and let me know if you have your Forem instance :)

Vicente Antonio G. Reyes • Oct 23 '20

Thanks, Akhil!

ntpa16 • Sep 8 '21 • Edited

When I login to my Forem, with admin@forem.local/password, I get blank page. I only copy .env_sample to .env. In .env file, I replaced all localhost with myIP, changed FOREM_OWNER_SECRET, COMMUNITY_NAME, DEFAULT_EMAIL, SESSION_KEY.
Beside that, some containers auto stop.

Akhil Naidu • Sep 9 '21

Hey, I cannot suggest you any alternative without looking into the logs.

Anyways, I'm actually working on a SaaS project to make the instllation process more user friendly. Even though the SaaS is not ready for offcial release, it can be used to install Forem. (The core working principles were ready and under working condition)

If you are interested in installing Forem, let me know, I will provide you access and necessary guidance to use the SaaS to install your Forem.

The only requirements are a VPS and filling out necessary ENV varibles.

F2K2 Game • Jan 9 '21

How to tranfer devlopment env to production env?

tmedivh • Jun 13 '21

forem.dev/remoteimages/uploads/art...

Akhil Naidu • Jan 10 '21

Presently the Dev or Forem team is working on it, I would suggest you to wait for a while.