docker-compose-cookbooks/outline_dev

Outline

Overview

Team knowledge base and documentation wiki.

Project Details

• Project Repository: GitHub
• Container Image: outlinewiki/outline
• Documentation: docs.getoutline.com
• Reverse Proxy Port: 3000

Getting Started

1. Start the container: docker compose up -d
2. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser
3. Follow the initial setup wizard to configure the application

Environment Variable Notes

OUTLINE_SECRET_KEY / OUTLINE_UTILS_SECRET – generate each with `openssl rand -hex 32`
OUTLINE_URL – public URL, must match how you access it

Volume Notes

/var/lib/outline/data – local file/attachment storage
/var/lib/postgresql/data – PostgreSQL data

Network Notes

Requires proxy network

Docker Run

docker run -d \
  --name outline \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -e URL=http://localhost:3000 \
  -e SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
  -e UTILS_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
  -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://outline:pass@dbhost:5432/outline \
  -e PGSSLMODE=disable \
  -e REDIS_URL=redis://redishost:6379 \
  outlinewiki/outline:latest

Additional Notes / Gotchas

Outline has no built-in username/password login — you must configure an auth provider (OIDC, Google, Slack, etc.) via additional env vars before anyone can sign in. Authentik or Authelia from this repo work as OIDC providers.

Dockhand Stack, Deploy from Git

Cookbooks Repository stackname: outline_dev Compose file path: outline_dev/compose.yaml Additional env file (optional): outline_dev/sample.env

Then "Load" outline_dev/sample.env into the Environmental variables in dockhand

Create the Stack