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Installation

See README.md

FAQ

I'm using docker-compose.override.yml and now I'm getting schema update (and other) strange issues

Alternatively, you've changed something related to /var/www/html/tt-rss in docker-compose.yml.

You screwed up your docker setup somehow, so tt-rss can't update itself to the persistent storage location on startup (this is just an example of one issue, there could be many others).

Related threads:

Either undo your changes or figure how to fix the problem you created and everything should work properly.

How do I make it run without /tt-rss/ in the URL, i.e. at website root?

You can't, not with this particular setup. I wanted to support both sharing a single domain with other applications and running on a dedicated domain. This was the easiest way to implement it.

Location is entirely cosmetic so I've decided that adding complexity to optionally strip it wasn't worth it. If you disagree and can't stand /tt-rss/ in the URL, you'll have to modify things a bit to get rid of it.

How do I apply configuration options?

There are two sets of options you can change through the environment - options specific to tt-rss (those are prefixed with TTRSS_) and options affecting container behavior.

Options specific to tt-rss

For example, to set tt-rss global option SELF_URL_PATH, add the following to .env:

TTRSS_SELF_URL_PATH=http://example.com/tt-rss

Don't use quotes around values. Note the prefix (TTRSS_) before the value.

Look here for more information.

Container options

Some options, but not all, are mentioned in .env-dist. You can see all available options in the Dockerfile:

How do I customize the YML without commiting my changes to git?

You can use docker-compose.override.yml. For example, customize db to use a different postgres image:

version: '3'

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:13-alpine

I'm trying to run CLI tt-rss scripts inside the container and they complain about root

(run in the compose script directory)

docker-compose exec --user app app php8 /var/www/html/tt-rss/update.php --help

#                           ^   ^ 
#                           |   | 
#                           |   +- service (container) name
#                           +----- run as user

or

docker-compose exec app sudo -Eu app php8 /var/www/html/tt-rss/update.php --help

or

docker exec -it <container_id> sudo -Eu app php8 /var/www/html/tt-rss/update.php --help

Note: sudo -E is needed to keep environment variables.

How do I add plugins and themes?

For official plugins, you can use plugin installer in PreferencesPlugins.


By default, tt-rss code is stored on a persistent docker volume (app). You can find its location like this:

docker volume inspect ttrss-docker_app | grep Mountpoint

Alternatively, you can mount any host directory as /var/www/html by updating docker-compose.yml, i.e.:

volumes:
      - app:/var/www/html

Replace with:

volumes:
      - /opt/tt-rss:/var/www/html

Copy and/or git clone any third party plugins into plugins.local as usual.

How do I use dynamic image for development?

The idea is to map source code someplace more accessible than a docker volume. Example docker-compose.override.yml:


version: '3'

services:
  app:
    build:
      context:
        ./app
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html
    env_file:
      - .env

  updater:
    build:
      context:
        ./app
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html
    env_file:
      - .env

  web-nginx:
    build: ./web-nginx
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html
    env_file:
      - .env

Then open html/tt-rss in your source code editor of choice. You can enable PHP debugging using .env:

TTRSS_XDEBUG_ENABLED=yes

#TTRSS_XDEBUG_HOST=
# defaults to host IP

#TTRSS_XDEBUG_PORT=9000

I'm running into 502 errors and/or other connectivity issues

First, check that all containers are running:

$ docker-compose ps
                   Name                                 Command               State           Ports
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ttrss-docker-demo_app_1_f49351cb24ed         /bin/sh -c /startup.sh           Up      9000/tcp
ttrss-docker-demo_backups_1_8d2aa404e31a     /dcron.sh -f                     Up      9000/tcp
ttrss-docker-demo_db_1_fc1a842fe245          docker-entrypoint.sh postgres    Up      5432/tcp
ttrss-docker-demo_updater_1_b7fcc8f20419     /updater.sh                      Up      9000/tcp
ttrss-docker-demo_web-nginx_1_fcef07eb5c55   /docker-entrypoint.sh ngin ...   Up      127.0.0.1:8280->80/tcp

Then, ensure that frontend (web-nginx or web) container is up and can contact FPM (app) container:

$ docker-compose exec web-nginx ping app
PING app (172.18.0.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.18.0.3: seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.144 ms
64 bytes from 172.18.0.3: seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.128 ms
64 bytes from 172.18.0.3: seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.206 ms
^C
--- app ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.128/0.159/0.206 ms

Containers communicate via DNS names assigned by Docker based on service names defined in docker-compose.yml. This means that services (specifically, app) in the YML must not be renamed, and Docker DNS service should be functional.

Similar issues may be also caused by Docker iptables functionality either being disabled or conflicting with nftables.

How do I put this container behind a reverse proxy?

  • Don't forget to pass X-Forwarded-Proto to the container if you're using HTTPS, otherwise tt-rss would generate plain HTTP URLs.
  • You will need to set SELF_URL_PATH to a correct (i.e. visible from the outside) value in the .env file.
  • Address and port correspond to HTTP_PORT in .env, default:
HTTP_PORT=127.0.0.1:8280
Nginx:
location /tt-rss/ {
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8280/tt-rss/;
    break;
}

If you run into problems with global PHP-to-FPM handler taking priority over proxied location, define tt-rss location like this so it takes higher priority:

location ^~ /tt-rss/ {
   ....
}

If you want to pass an entire nginx virtual host to tt-rss:

server {
   server_name rss.example.com;
   
   ...

   location / {
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
      
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8280/;
      break;
   }
}

Note that proxy_pass in this example points to container website root.

Apache
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
    <Location /tt-rss>
      ProxyPreserveHost On
      ProxyPass        http://localhost:8280/tt-rss
      ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8280/tt-rss
      RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
    </Location>
  </IfModule>

I have internal web services tt-rss is complaining about (URL is invalid, loopback address, disallowed ports)

Put your local services on the same docker network with tt-rss, then access them by service (= host) names, i.e. http://rss-bridge/.

services:
   rss-bridge:
....
networks:
  default:
    external:
      name: ttrss-docker_default

If your service uses a non-standard (i.e. not 80 or 443) port, make an internal reverse proxy sidecar container for it.

See also:

Backup and restore

If you have backups container enabled, stock configuration makes automatic backups (database, local plugins, etc.) once a week to a separate storage volume.

Note that this container is included as a safety net for people who wouldn't bother with backups otherwise. If you value your data, you should invest your time into setting up something like WAL-G instead.


A process to restore the database from such backup would look like this:

  1. Enter backups container shell: docker-compose exec backups /bin/sh
  2. Inside the container, locate and choose the backup file: ls -t /backups/*.sql.gz
  3. Clear database (THIS WOULD DELETE EVERYTHING IN THE DB): psql -h db -U $TTRSS_DB_USER $TTRSS_DB_NAME -e -c "drop schema public cascade; create schema public"
  4. Restore the backup: zcat /backups/ttrss-backup-yyyymmdd.sql.gz | psql -h db -U $TTRSS_DB_USER $TTRSS_DB_NAME

Alternatively, if you want to initiate backups from the host, you can use something like this:

source .env
docker-compose exec db /bin/bash \
  -c "export PGPASSWORD=$TTRSS_DB_PASS \
  && pg_dump -U $TTRSS_DB_USER $TTRSS_DB_NAME" \
  | gzip -9 > backup.sql.gz

(source)

How do I use custom certificates?

You need to mount custom certificates into the app and updater containers like this:

volumes:
    ....
    ./ca1.crt:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca1.crt:ro
    ./ca2.crt:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca2.crt:ro
    ....

Don't forget to restart the containers.

See also: https://community.tt-rss.org/t/60-ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/4838/4?u=fox

How do I make this work on Raspberry Pi?

You won't be able to use official Docker Hub images, those are amd64 only. Use dynamic setup (master branch of this repository) instead.