How to Install Planka with Docker on AlmaLinux 8

Planka is a self-hosted Trello-like kanban board built with React and Redux.

In this article, we are going to learn how to install Planka on AlmaLinux 8. So, let’s get started.

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Pre-requisites

A system with AlmaLinux 8 installed and running.
root access to the system.
Docker installed and running, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing Docker on AlmaLinux 8.
Docker-Compose installed and running, for this, you can refer to one of our guides on installing Docker-Compose on AlmaLinux 8.

Once you're all set, we'll proceed with Planka installation and configuration.

Install Planka with Docker

The following instructions use Docker-Compose and Docker service to install Planka using the Planka Docker Image. First, download the docker-compose configuration,

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plankanban/planka/master/docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.yml

Next, edit the docker-compose.yml file, and change the following variables

BASE_URL -- Change localhost in the BASE_URL variable to the actual IP address of your server
SECRET_KEY -- Change this to a random string/password other than notsecretkey
user-avatars -- Set this to a path within your server, where the user-avatars would be stored
project-background-images -- Set this to a path within your server, where the project-background-images would be stored
attachments -- Set this to a path within your server, where the attachments would be stored
db-data -- Set this to a path within your server, where the db-data would be stored

For example,

version: '3'

services:
  planka:
    image: ghcr.io/plankanban/planka:latest
    command: >
      bash -c
        "for i in `seq 1 30`; do
          ./start.sh &&
          s=$$? && break || s=$$?;
          echo \"Tried $$i times. Waiting 5 seconds...\";
          sleep 5;
        done; (exit $$s)"
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - user-avatars:/app/public/user-avatars
      - project-background-images:/app/public/project-background-images
      - attachments:/app/private/attachments
    ports:
      - 3000:1337
    environment:
      - BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000 <<< CHANGE THIS
      - TRUST_PROXY=0
      - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres@postgres/planka
      - SECRET_KEY=notsecretkey <<< CHANGE THIS
    depends_on:
      - postgres

  postgres:
    image: postgres:14-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=planka
      - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust

volumes:
  user-avatars:  <<< CHANGE THIS
  project-background-images:  <<< CHANGE THIS
  attachments:  <<< CHANGE THIS
  db-data:  <<< CHANGE THIS

Next, run the docker-compose command to start the container,

docker-compose up -d

Wherein you'll see the following output,

[+] Running 23/23d                                                        32.6s
 ⠿ postgres Pulled                                                        32.6s
   ⠿ ca7dd9ec2225 Pull complete                                           10.2s
   ⠿ 126ca7716c09 Pull complete                                           11.8s
   ⠿ 72a45366ffb3 Pull complete                                           13.0s
   ⠿ a83abc0b204f Pull complete                                           25.1s
   ⠿ 75b7878d77a7 Pull complete                                           25.8s
   ⠿ 885367a2605d Pull complete                                           26.5s
   ⠿ e21e95eec5ea Pull complete                                           27.1s
   ⠿ 8314321a0c7c Pull complete                                           27.8s
 ⠿ planka Pulled                                                          48.6s
   ⠿ df9b9388f04a Pull complete                                            5.2s
   ⠿ 70c90f7de7cb Pull complete                                           19.8s
   ⠿ f83937c3ce37 Pull complete                                           21.1s
   ⠿ 98b78bba1d70 Pull complete                                           21.7s
   ⠿ f691180aac9c Pull complete                                           36.9s
   ⠿ 22ea37fc2716 Pull complete                                           37.1s
   ⠿ d6a11a777488 Pull complete                                           37.3s
   ⠿ 9805222c040e Pull complete                                           45.9s
   ⠿ 96e449f43226 Pull complete                                           46.1s
   ⠿ 2b61d5091b2c Pull complete                                           46.4s
   ⠿ 459ac8f0ea37 Pull complete                                           46.6s
   ⠿ f74ffe3c6698 Pull complete                                           47.3s
   ⠿ 6e09b209a763 Pull complete                                           47.4s
[+] Running 7/7
 ⠿ Network root_default                     Crea...                        0.6s
 ⠿ Volume "root_user-avatars"               Created                        0.0s
 ⠿ Volume "root_project-background-images"  Created                        0.0s
 ⠿ Volume "root_attachments"                Created                        0.0s
 ⠿ Volume "root_db-data"                    Cre...                         0.0s
 ⠿ Container root-postgres-1                Started                        1.5s
 ⠿ Container root-planka-1                  S...                           3.0s

The installation process will start now. It may take 5-10 mins to complete.

To verify if the Planka container is running, you can check the output of docker ps,

[root@vps ~]# docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                              COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS          PORTS                                       NAMES
e22e9f27a1e4   ghcr.io/plankanban/planka:latest   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   19 minutes ago   Up 19 minutes   0.0.0.0:3000->1337/tcp, :::3000->1337/tcp   root-planka-1
7b15642535d3   postgres:14-alpine                 "docker-entrypoint.s…"   19 minutes ago   Up 19 minutes   5432/tcp                                    root-postgres-1
[root@vps ~]#