What is wallabag?

wallabag is a self hostable application for saving web pages. Unlike other services, wallabag is free (as in freedom) and open source.

With this application you will not miss content anymore. Click, save, read it when you want. It saves the content you select so that you can read it when you have time.

How to use this image

Default login is wallabag:wallabag.

Environment variables

• -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=... (needed for the mariadb container to initialise and for the entrypoint in the wallabag container to create a database and user if its not there)
• -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=... (needed for the postgres container to initialise and for the entrypoint in the wallabag container to create a database and user if not there)
• -e POSTGRES_USER=... (needed for the posgres container to initialise and for the entrypoint in the wallabag container to create a database and user if not there)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=... (defaults to "pdo_sqlite", this sets the database driver to use)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=... (defaults to "127.0.0.1", if use mysql this should be the name of the mariadb container)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=... (port of the database host)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME=...(defaults to "symfony", this is the name of the database to use)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=... (defaults to "root", this is the name of the database user to use)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=... (defaults to "~", this is the password of the database user to use)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET=... (defaults to utf8, this is the database charset to use)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_TABLE_PREFIX=... (defaults to "wallabag_". Specifies the prefix for each database table)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__SECRET=... (defaults to "ovmpmAWXRCabNlMgzlzFXDYmCFfzGv")
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__LOCALE=... (default to en)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_DSN=... (defaults to "smtp://127.0.0.1")
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__FROM_EMAIL=...(defaults to "wallabag@example.com", the address wallabag uses for outgoing emails)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__TWOFACTOR_SENDER=... (defaults to "no-reply@wallabag.org", the address wallabag uses for two-factor emails)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__FOSUSER_REGISTRATION=...(defaults to "false", enable or disable public user registration)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__FOSUSER_CONFIRMATION=...(defaults to "true", enable or disable registration confirmation)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=... defaults to "https://your-wallabag-instance.wallabag.org", the URL of your wallabag instance)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_SCHEME=... (defaults to "tcp", protocol to use to communicate with the target server (tcp, unix, or http))
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_HOST=... (defaults to "redis", IP or hostname of the target server)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_PORT=... (defaults to "6379", port of the target host)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_PATH=...(defaults to "~", path of the unix socket file)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_PASSWORD=... (defaults to "~", this is the password defined in the Redis server configuration)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__SENTRY_DSN=... (defaults to "~", this is the data source name for sentry)
• -e POPULATE_DATABASE=...(defaults to "True". Does the DB has to be populated or is it an existing one)
• -e SYMFONY__ENV__SERVER_NAME=... (defaults to "Your wallabag instance". Specifies a user-friendly name for the 2FA issuer)

SQLite

The easiest way to start wallabag is to use the SQLite backend. You can spin that up with

$ docker run -p 80:80 -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" wallabag/wallabag

and point your browser to http://localhost. For persistent storage you should start the container with a volume:

$ docker run -v /opt/wallabag/data:/var/www/wallabag/data -v /opt/wallabag/images:/var/www/wallabag/web/assets/images -p 80:80 -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" wallabag/wallabag

MariaDB / MySQL

For using MariaDB or MySQL you have to define some environment variables with the container. Example:

$ docker run --name wallabag-db -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw" -d mariadb
$ docker run --name wallabag --link wallabag-db:wallabag-db -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_mysql" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=wallabag-db" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=3306" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME=wallabag" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=wallabag" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=wallapass" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET=utf8mb4" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" -p 80:80 wallabag/wallabag

PostgreSQL

For using PostgreSQL you have to define some environment variables with the container. Example:

$ docker run --name wallabag-db -e "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw" -e "POSTGRES_USER=my-super-user" -d postgres:9.6
$ docker run --name wallabag --link wallabag-db:wallabag-db -e "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw" -e "POSTGRES_USER=my-super-user" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_pgsql" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=wallabag-db" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=5432" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME=wallabag" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=wallabag" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=wallapass" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" -p 80:80 wallabag/wallabag

Redis

To use redis with a Docker link, a redis container with the name redis is needed and none of the REDIS environmental variables are needed:

$ docker run -p 6379:6379 --name redis redis:alpine
$ docker run -p 80:80 -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" --link redis:redis wallabag/wallabag

To use redis with an external redis host, set the appropriate environmental variables. Example:

$ docker run -p 80:80 -e "SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_HOST=my.server.hostname" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw" -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" wallabag/wallabag

Upgrading

If there is a version upgrade that needs a database migration. The most easy way to do is running the migrate command:

$ docker run --link wallabag-db:wallabag-db -e <... your config variables here ...>  wallabag/wallabag migrate

Or you can start the container with the new image and run the migration command manually:

$ docker exec -t NAME_OR_ID_OF_YOUR_WALLABAG_CONTAINER /var/www/wallabag/bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --env=prod --no-interaction

docker-compose

An example docker-compose file can be seen below:

version: '3'
services:
  wallabag:
    image: wallabag/wallabag
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=wallaroot
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_mysql
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=db
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=3306
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME=wallabag
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=wallabag
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=wallapass
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET=utf8mb4
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_TABLE_PREFIX="wallabag_"
      - SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_DSN=smtp://127.0.0.1
      - SYMFONY__ENV__FROM_EMAIL=wallabag@example.com
      - SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=https://your-wallabag-instance.wallabag.org
      - SYMFONY__ENV__SERVER_NAME="Your wallabag instance"
    ports:
      - "80"
    volumes:
      - /opt/wallabag/images:/var/www/wallabag/web/assets/images
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "wget" ,"--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost/api/info"]
      interval: 1m
      timeout: 3s
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
  db:
    image: mariadb
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=wallaroot
    volumes:
      - /opt/wallabag/data:/var/lib/mysql
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin" ,"ping", "-h", "localhost"]
      interval: 20s
      timeout: 3s
  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    restart: unless-stopped    
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 20s
      timeout: 3s

Note that you must fill out the mail related variables according to your mail config.

nginx

I use nginx to make wallabag public available. This is a example how to use it:

server {
        listen 443;
        server_name wallabag.foo.bar;

	ssl on;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/wallabag.foo.bar/fullchain.pem;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/wallabag.foo.bar/privkey.pem;

	location / {
		proxy_pass http://wallabag;
		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
	}

}

Import worker

To run the async redis import worker use the following command:

$ docker run --name wallabag --link wallabag-db:wallabag-db --link redis:redis -e <... your config variables here ...>  wallabag/wallabag import <type>

Where <type> is one of pocket, readability, instapaper, wallabag_v1, wallabag_v2, firefox or chrome.