Docker Composer for Actual Budget, with auto SSL creation
The other night, I only had a few precious minutes free to myself. And how better to use that time but to quickly set up an Actual Budget server!
I use Portainer to manage my Docker containers, through Stacks. They're basically docker-compose.yml files.
Since AB (that's Actual Budget) is running is on a server in my house and not directly on the computer from which I want to access it, I cannot use localhost:5006. It's not running locally. I have to use 10.1.0.42:5006 . However, I was welcomed by this:
Actual requires access to SharedArrayBuffer in order to function properly
K. Quick Google. SharedArrayBuffer needs https. K. Try https. Doesn't work. It doesn't have a certificate. Great.
So this, below, is the simple docker-composer.yml I wish I had found during that short free time that flew away like summer. I would've enjoyed it more. Here ya go stranger, enjoy the sun!
version: '3.1'
services:
generate_ssl:
image: alpine
volumes:
# Gotta be the same as below
- ./actual-data:/data
entrypoint: ["/bin/sh","-c"]
command:
- |
apk add openssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -subj "/C=CA/ST=QC/O=Company/CN=website.com" -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /data/selfhost.key -out /data/selfhost.crt
actual_server:
image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:latest
ports:
- '5006:5006'
environment:
- ACTUAL_HTTPS_KEY=/data/selfhost.key
- ACTUAL_HTTPS_CERT=/data/selfhost.crt
volumes:
- ./actual-data:/data
restart: unless-stopped
Oh, by the way, if you have a better way to do this, please share below, for the greater good!