Running your own instance

How to self-host Dinatos with Docker: install, configure, connect clients, upgrade, back up, and expose it safely. Assumes you know Docker basics.

Using an instance someone else runs? See Using Dinatos. Changing the code? See Contributing.

• Quickstart
  • 1. Start it
  • 2. Open it
  • 3. Set .env
  • Day-to-day commands
  • API documentation
  • Next
• Configuration reference
  • Setting variables with Docker Compose
  • Variables
  • Env files
• Clients
  • Built-in web app
  • Native apps
  • Hosting the web app on its own origin
• Upgrades and backups
  • Upgrade
  • What to back up
  • Back up with pg_dump
  • Restore with psql
  • Backup from the app (administrators)
  • Destructive commands
• Security and networking
  • Network exposure
  • CORS
  • API keys and the MCP endpoint
  • Self-signed certificates
  • Accounts and sessions