Docker is the easiest way to get started with self-hosted Novu.

Before you begin

You need the following installed in your system:

• Docker and docker-compose
• Git

Quick Start

Get the code

Clone the Novu repo and enter the docker directory locally:

# Get the code
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/novuhq/novu

# Go to the docker folder
cd novu/docker

# Copy the example env file to a solid
cp .env.example .env

# Start
docker-compose up

Now visit http://localhost:4200 to start using Novu.

Securing your setup

While we provided you with some example secrets for getting started, you should NEVER deploy your Novu setup using the defaults provided.

Update Secrets

Update the .env file with your own secrets. In particular, these are required:

• JWT_SECRET: used by the API to generate JWT keys

Configuration

To keep the setup simple, we made some choices that may not be optimal for production:

• the database is in the same machine as the servers
• the storage uses the filesystem backend instead of S3

We strongly recommend that you decouple your database before deploying.

Next steps

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