Setting Up Docker Containers with Portainer | Part 5 - Chuck Builds A Website

Welcome to Episode 5 of the 'Chuck Builds A Website' series! In this video, I'm diving deep into setting up Docker containers using Portainer for our professional website stack.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Understanding the structure of a Docker Compose file
• Setting up containers for Ghost, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Caddy, and more
• How to securely manage passwords and environment variables
• Using Putty for SSH access to generate encryption keys
• Tips for customizing your stack for your specific domain

Whether you're building a website for a nonprofit, small business, or personal project, this guide will help you set up a robust and secure hosting environment.

I'll walk you through each step, explaining the purpose of each container and how they work together.

Below is the docker compose for the stack.

I tried to make it so it was easy to "Replace All Occurrences" or "Find and Replace", but if you have any confusion or questions just let me know.

Please note where I have added " CHANGE_ME" for changing passwords and "DOMAIN" for updating the placeholder with your domain.

services:
  mysql:
    image: mysql:8.0
    container_name: mysql
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: ghost
      MYSQL_USER: ghost
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql_db_password_CHANGE_ME
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql_root_password_CHANGE_ME
    volumes:
      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
    ports:
      - "3306:3306"

  postgresql:
    image: postgres:latest
    container_name: postgresql
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: formbricks
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres_user_CHANGE_ME
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres_password_CHANGE_ME
    volumes:
      - postgresql_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"

  ghost:
    image: ghost:latest
    container_name: ghost
    restart: always
    environment:
      database__client: mysql
      database__connection__host: mysql
      database__connection__user: ghost
      database__connection__password: mysql_db_password_CHANGE_ME
      database__connection__database: ghost
      url: https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/
      mail__transport: SMTP
      mail__options__service: Mailgun
      mail__options__auth__user: [email protected]
      mail__options__auth__pass: MAILGUN_SMTP_PASSWORD
      mail__options__port: 587
      mail__options__secure: false
      mail__options__host: smtp.mailgun.org
      mail__from: [email protected]
      NODE_ENV: production
    volumes:
      - ghost_content:/var/lib/ghost/content
    ports:
      - 2368:2368
    depends_on:
      - mysql

  caddy:
    image: caddy:latest
    container_name: caddy
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - caddy_file:/etc/caddy/
      - caddy_data:/data
      - caddy_config:/config

  n8n:
    image: n8nio/n8n:latest
    container_name: n8n
    restart: always
    environment:
      DB_TYPE: sqlite
      DB_SQLITE_VACUUM_ON_STARTUP: 'true'
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE: 'true'
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER: 'n8n_username_CHANGE_ME'
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD: 'n8n_password_CHANGE_ME'
      WEBHOOK_URL: https://n8n.YOURDOMAIN.com/
      GENERIC_TIMEZONE: 'America/Chicago'
    volumes:
      - n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n
    ports:
      - 5678:5678

  redis:
    image: redis:7.0
    container_name: redis
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    restart: unless-stopped

  formbricks:
    image: formbricks/formbricks:latest
    container_name: formbricks
    restart: always
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://postgres_user_CHANGE_ME:postgres_password_CHANGE_ME@postgresql:5432/formbricks"
      NEXTAUTH_URL: "https://formbricks.YOURDOMAIN.com"
      NEXTAUTH_SECRET: openssl rand -hex 32
      MAIL_FROM: [email protected]
      SMTP_HOST: smtp.mailgun.org
      SMTP_PORT: 587
      SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED: 0
      SMTP_USER: [email protected]
      SMTP_PASSWORD: MAILGUN_SMTP_PASSWORD
      NEXT_PUBLIC_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_DISABLED: 0
      NEXT_PUBLIC_PASSWORD_RESET_DISABLED: 0
      CRON_SECRET: openssl rand -hex 32
      NODE_ENV: production
      ENCRYPTION_KEY: openssl rand -hex 32
      WEBAPP_URL: https://formbricks.YOURDOMAIN.com
      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
    depends_on:
      - redis
    volumes:
      - formbricks_data:/app/data
    ports:
      - 3000:3000

  filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser:latest
    container_name: filebrowser
    restart: always
    environment:
      FB_AUTH: password
    volumes:
      - filebrowser_data:/srv
      - ghost_content:/srv/ghost_content
      - caddy_file:/srv/caddy_file
    ports:
      - 8080:80

volumes:
  mysql_data:
  postgresql_data:
  ghost_content:
  caddy_data:
  caddy_config:
  caddy_file:
  n8n_data:
  formbricks_data:
  filebrowser_data:
  redis_data: