Installation

Getting started

Requirements:

• a VPS
• Docker and Docker Compose (see here for how to install on Ubuntu)

1. Configure DNS

Configure DNS records to point to your VPS. You should configure both the main and wildcard domains. Assuming your VPS's IP is 1.2.3.4:

meli.company.com IN A 1.2.3.4

*.meli.company.com IN A 1.2.3.4

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Your cloud provider should have a user interface that allows you to configure DNS records.

2. Deploy Meli on your VPS

1. Create a file named docker-compose.yml anywhere you want:

   version: "3"

   services:

   meli:

   image: getmeli/meli:beta

   ports:

   - 80:80

   - 443:443

   environment:

   # no trailing slash !

   MELI_URL: https://meli.company.com

   MELI_MONGO_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/meli

   # openssl rand -hex 32

   MELI_JWT_SECRET: changeMe

   # https://docs.meli.sh/authentication

   MELI_USER: user

   MELI_PASSWORD: changeMe

   volumes:

   - ./data/sites:/sites

   - ./data/files:/files

   - ./data/caddy/data:/data

   - ./data/caddy/config:/config

   depends_on:

   - mongo

   mongo:

   image: mongo:4.2-bionic

   restart: unless-stopped

   volumes:

   - ./data/mongo:/data/db

   info

   To prevent your users from creating organizations, we set MELI_MAX_ORGS to 1 by default. You can disable this by setting MELI_MAX_ORGS=0.

2. Run docker-compose up -d

3. Browse at meli.company.com, and you should see the login page

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Deploying behind a reverse proxy ? A bit more config is required for HTTPs. Checkout our guide on installing behind a Reverse Proxy.