• Introduction
  • Contributing
  • Issues
• Getting started
  • Installation
  • Quickstart
  • Persistence
• Maintenance
  • Creating backups
  • Restoring backups
  • Upgrading
  • Shell Access

Dockerfile to create a Docker container image for Akaunting.

Akaunting is a self-hosted open source accounting software.

If you find this image useful here's how you can help:

• Send a pull request with your awesome features and bug fixes
• Help users resolve their issues.
• Support the development of this image with a donation

Before reporting your issue please try updating Docker to the latest version and check if it resolves the issue. Refer to the Docker installation guide for instructions.

SELinux users should try disabling SELinux using the command setenforce 0 to see if it resolves the issue.

If the above recommendations do not help then report your issue along with the following information:

• Output of the docker version and docker info commands
• The docker run command or docker-compose.yml used to start the image. Mask out the sensitive bits.
• Please state if you are using Boot2Docker, VirtualBox, etc.

Automated builds of the image are available on Dockerhub and is the recommended method of installation.

Note: Builds are also available on Quay.io

docker pull sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9

Alternatively you can build the image yourself.

docker build -t sameersbn/akaunting github.com/sameersbn/docker-akaunting

The quickest way to start using this image is with docker-compose.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameersbn/docker-akaunting/master/docker-compose.yml

Update the AKAUNTING_URL environment variable in the docker-compose.yml file with the url from which Akaunting will be externally accessible.

docker-compose up

Alternatively, you can start Akaunting manually using the Docker command line.

Step 1. Launch a MySQL container

docker run --name akaunting-mysql -itd --restart=always \
  --env 'DB_NAME=akaunting_db' \
  --env 'DB_USER=akaunting' --env 'DB_PASS=password' \
  --volume /srv/docker/akaunting/mysql:/var/lib/mysql \
  sameersbn/mysql:5.7.24

Step 2. Launch the Akaunting php-fpm container

docker run --name akaunting -itd --restart=always \
  --env AKAUNTING_URL=http://akaunting.example.com:10080 \
  --link akaunting-mysql:mysql \
  --volume /srv/docker/akaunting/akaunting:/var/lib/akaunting \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9 app:akaunting

Step 3. Launch a NGINX frontend container

docker run --name akaunting-nginx -itd --restart=always \
  --link akaunting:php-fpm \
  --publish 10080:80 \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9 app:nginx

Point your browser to http://akaunting.example.com:10080 and login using the default username and password:

• username: [email protected]
• password: password

Note

Use the AKAUNTING_ADMIN_EMAIL and AKAUNTING_ADMIN_PASSWORD variables to create a custom admin user and password on the firstrun instead of the default credentials.

For Akaunting to preserve its state across container shutdown and startup you should mount a volume at /var/lib/akaunting.

The Quickstart command already mounts a volume for persistence.

SELinux users should update the security context of the host mountpoint so that it plays nicely with Docker:

mkdir -p /srv/docker/akaunting
chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t /srv/docker/akaunting

The image allows users to create backups of the Akaunting installation using the app:backup:create command or the akaunting-backup-create helper script. The generated backup consists of configuration files, uploaded files and the sql database.

Before generating a backup — stop and remove the running instance.

docker stop akaunting && docker rm akaunting

Relaunch the container with the app:backup:create argument.

docker run --name akaunting -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9 app:backup:create

The backup will be created in the backups/ folder of the Persistent volume. You can change the location using the AKAUNTING_BACKUPS_DIR configuration parameter.

NOTE

Backups can also be generated on a running instance using:

docker exec -it akaunting akaunting-backup-create

By default backups are held indefinitely. Using the AKAUNTING_BACKUPS_EXPIRY parameter you can configure how long (in seconds) you wish to keep the backups. For example, setting AKAUNTING_BACKUPS_EXPIRY=604800 will remove backups that are older than 7 days. Old backups are only removed when creating a new backup, never automatically.

Backups created using instructions from the Creating backups section can be restored using the app:backup:restore argument.

Before restoring a backup — stop and remove the running instance.

docker stop akaunting && docker rm akaunting

Relaunch the container with the app:backup:restore argument. Ensure you launch the container in the interactive mode -it.

docker run --name akaunting -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9 app:backup:restore

A list of existing backups will be displayed. Select a backup you wish to restore.

To avoid this interaction you can specify the backup filename using the BACKUP argument to app:backup:restore, eg.

docker run --name akaunting -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9 app:backup:restore BACKUP=1417624827_akaunting_backup.tar

To upgrade to newer releases:

1. Download the updated Docker image:

docker pull sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9

2. Stop the currently running image:

docker stop akaunting

3. Remove the stopped container

docker rm -v akaunting

4. Start the updated image

docker run -name akaunting -itd \
  [OPTIONS] \
  sameersbn/akaunting:1.3.9

For debugging and maintenance purposes you may want access the containers shell. If you are using Docker version 1.3.0 or higher you can access a running containers shell by starting bash using docker exec:

docker exec -it akaunting bash