Deploy Free Figma Alternative Penpot With Docker (Remote files)

config.env

# Standard database connection parameters (only postgresql is supported):
PENPOT_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://penpot-postgres/penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME=penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_PASSWORD=penpot

# Redis is used for the websockets notifications.
PENPOT_REDIS_URI=redis://penpot-redis/0

ASSETS_STORAGE_BACKEND=assets-fs
PENPOT_STORAGE_ASSETS_FS_DIRECTORY=/opt/data/assets

PENPOT_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false

# Enable or disable external user registration process.
PENPOT_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=true
PENPOT_REGISTRATION_DOMAIN_WHITELIST=""

#Your public penpot url
PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=

# Enable Email 
PENPOT_SMTP_ENABLED=true
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_FROM=
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_REPLY_TO=
PENPOT_SMTP_HOST=
PENPOT_SMTP_PORT=
PENPOT_SMTP_USERNAME=
PENPOT_SMTP_PASSWORD=
PENPOT_SMTP_TLS=
PENPOT_SMTP_SSL=

config.local.env

# Standard database connection parameters (only postgresql is supported):
PENPOT_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://penpot-postgres/penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME=penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_PASSWORD=penpot

# Redis is used for the websockets notifications.
PENPOT_REDIS_URI=redis://penpot-redis/0

ASSETS_STORAGE_BACKEND=assets-fs
PENPOT_STORAGE_ASSETS_FS_DIRECTORY=/opt/data/assets

PENPOT_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false

# Enable or disable external user registration process.
PENPOT_REGISTRATION_ENABLED=false

config.prod.env

PENPOT_REGISTRATION_DOMAIN_WHITELIST=""

#Your public penpot url
PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=

# Enable Email 
PENPOT_SMTP_ENABLED=true
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_FROM=
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_REPLY_TO=
PENPOT_SMTP_HOST=
PENPOT_SMTP_PORT=
PENPOT_SMTP_USERNAME=
PENPOT_SMTP_PASSWORD=
PENPOT_SMTP_TLS=
PENPOT_SMTP_SSL=

create-penpot-user-log-1.sh

[2022-10-06 10:18:13.523] I app.config - hint="flags initialized", flags="backend-api-doc,secure-session-cookies,login,backend-worker,registration"
[2022-10-06 10:18:14.295] I app.metrics - action="initialize metrics"
Email:  [2022-10-06 10:18:14.334] I app.db - hint="initialize connection pool", name="main", uri="postgresql://penpot-postgres/penpot", read-only=false, with-credentials=true, min-size=0, max-size
=30

create-penpot-user-log-2.sh

[2022-10-06 10:22:33.900] I app.config - hint="flags initialized", flags="backend-api-doc,secure-session-cookies,login,backend-worker,registration"
[2022-10-06 10:22:34.636] I app.metrics - action="initialize metrics"
Email:  [2022-10-06 10:22:34.675] I app.db - hint="initialize connection pool", name="main", uri="postgresql://penpot-postgres/penpot", read-only=false, with-credentials=true, min-size=0, max-size
=30
user@local.de
Full Name:  Paul Knulst
Password:
User created successfully.

create-penpot-user.sh

docker exec -it penpot-penpot-backend-1 ./manage.sh create-profile

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.5"

networks:
  default:
    external: false
  traefik-public:
    external: true

volumes:
  postgres_data:
  assets_data:

services:
  frontend:
    image: "penpotapp/frontend:latest"
    hostname: frontend.penpot
    volumes:
      - assets_data:/opt/data
    env_file:
      - config.env
    depends_on:
      - penpot-backend
      - penpot-exporter
    networks:
      - default
      - traefik-public
    labels:
      - traefik.enable=true
      - traefik.docker.network=traefik-public
      - traefik.constraint-label=traefik-public
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-http.rule=Host(`${PENPOT_URL}`)
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-http.entrypoints=http
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-http.middlewares=https-redirect
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-https.rule=Host(`${PENPOT_URL}`)
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-https.entrypoints=https
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-https.tls=true
      - traefik.http.routers.penpot-https.tls.certresolver=le
      - traefik.http.services.penpot.loadbalancer.server.port=80
  backend:
    image: "penpotapp/backend:latest"
    hostname: backend.penpot
    volumes:
      - assets_data:/opt/data
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - redis
    env_file:
      - config.env
    networks:
      - default

  exporter:
    image: "penpotapp/exporter:latest"
    environment:
      # Don't touch it; this uses internal docker network to
      # communicate with the frontend.
      - PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=http://frontend.penpot
    networks:
      - default

  postgres:
    image: "postgres:13"
    restart: always
    stop_signal: SIGINT
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS=--data-checksums
      - POSTGRES_DB=penpot
      - POSTGRES_USER=penpot
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=penpot
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - default
      
  redis:
    image: redis:6
    restart: always
    networks:
      - default

download-compose-file.bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/penpot/penpot/main/docker/images/docker-compose.yaml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/penpot/penpot/main/docker/images/config.env

export-url.sh

export PENPOT_URL=your-website.com

run-penpot.sh

docker-compose -p penpot up -d

Gist for my article about deploying Penpot with Docker and Traefik: https://www.knulst.de/deploy-free-figma-alternative-penpot-with-docker/