Running in Docker

Docker Compose configuration for running dFlow self-hosted with Traefik, MongoDB, Redis, and monitoring.

Running dFlow on Docker

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Below is the complete docker-compose.yml file used to deploy the dFlow self-hosted platform.
This file defines all necessary services, networks, volumes, and environment variables for production-grade deployments.

Traefik for reverse proxy and automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt.
MongoDB for persistent data storage.
Redis for caching and background jobs.
Beszel for monitoring.
Config Generator for dynamic proxy routing.
Payload CMS app for the core dFlow platform.

networks:
  custom-tailnet:
    driver: bridge
 
services:
  # Traefik Reverse Proxy
  traefik:
    image: traefik:v3.4
    container_name: traefik
    restart: always
    ports:
      - '80:80'
      - '443:443'
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    command:
      - --configFile=/etc/traefik/traefik.yaml
    environment:
      - CF_DNS_API_TOKEN=${CF_DNS_API_TOKEN}
    volumes:
      - ./traefik.yaml:/etc/traefik/traefik.yaml
      - ./acme.json:/etc/traefik/acme.json
      - ./dynamic:/etc/traefik/dynamic
 
  # Dynamic Config Generator
  config-generator:
    image: ghcr.io/dflow-sh/config-generator:latest
    container_name: config-generator
    restart: on-failure
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    environment:
      - JWT_TOKEN=${JWT_TOKEN}
      - WILD_CARD_DOMAIN=${WILD_CARD_DOMAIN}
      - PROXY_PORT=${PROXY_PORT}
    volumes:
      - ./dynamic:/app/output
 
  # Monitoring dashboard
  beszel:
    image: henrygd/beszel:latest
    container_name: beszel
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    volumes:
      - ./beszel_data:/beszel_data
      - ./beszel_socket:/beszel_socket
 
  # Monitoring beszel-agent
  beszel-agent:
    image: henrygd/beszel-agent
    container_name: beszel-agent
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - ./beszel_agent_data:/var/lib/beszel-agent
      - ./beszel_socket:/beszel_socket
    environment:
      LISTEN: /beszel_socket/beszel.sock
      KEY: '<beszel-ssh-key>'
      TOKEN: '<token>'
      HUB_URL: http://beszel:8090
 
  # Redis
  redis:
    image: redis:7
    container_name: redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    volumes:
      - redis-data:/data
 
  # MongoDB
  mongodb:
    image: mongo:7
    container_name: mongodb
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    environment:
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - mongo-data:/data/db
 
  # Payload CMS App
  payload-app:
    image: ghcr.io/dflow-sh/dflow:latest
    container_name: payload-app
    restart: always
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun
    networks:
      - custom-tailnet
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - mongodb
    environment:
      NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBSITE_URL: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBSITE_URL}
      DATABASE_URI: mongodb://${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}:${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}@mongodb:27017/${MONGO_DB_NAME}?authSource=admin
      REDIS_URI: redis://redis:6379
      PAYLOAD_SECRET: ${PAYLOAD_SECRET}
      TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY: ${TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY}
      TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: ${TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}
      TAILSCALE_TAILNET: ${TAILSCALE_TAILNET}
      NEXT_PUBLIC_PROXY_DOMAIN_URL: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_PROXY_DOMAIN_URL}
      NEXT_PUBLIC_BETTER_STACK_SOURCE_TOKEN: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_BETTER_STACK_SOURCE_TOKEN}
      NEXT_PUBLIC_BETTER_STACK_INGESTING_URL: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_BETTER_STACK_INGESTING_URL}
      RESEND_API_KEY: ${RESEND_API_KEY}
      RESEND_SENDER_EMAIL: ${RESEND_SENDER_EMAIL}
      RESEND_SENDER_NAME: ${RESEND_SENDER_NAME}
      NEXT_PUBLIC_PROXY_CNAME: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_PROXY_CNAME}
      NEXT_PUBLIC_DISCORD_INVITE_URL: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_DISCORD_INVITE_URL}
    volumes:
      - ./scripts:/app/scripts
 
volumes:
  mongo-data:
  redis-data:

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