A containered, open source, API first JAM Stack for building content management systems - based on Docker, node.js, Redis, CouchDB, elasticsearch and HAProxy.
The only thing you need on your machine to get started is docker and docker-compose.
1.) Copy example.env to .env and change settings accordingly.
2.) Create the necessary docker volumes:
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_couchdb
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_redis
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_elasticsearch
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_prodcerts
3.) Generate self-signed SSL certificate for development:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run certgen-dev
4.) Start the whole stack in development mode (and detach):
docker-compose up --build -d
5.) Setup CouchDB in development:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run setup-couchdb-dev
6.) Populate Database If you have Markdown files with yaml frontmatter, you can directly import them as documents into CouchDB. Create the folder that will hold your Markdown documents:
mkdir -p volumes/couchdb/import/articles
mkdir -p volumes/couchdb/import/pages
Copy Markdown files into the corresponding folder and import them (this only works locally in development mode):
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run import-couchdb-articles
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run import-couchdb-pages
7.) If you're on a Linux flavour, you have to raise the virtual memory max map
count and disable Transparent Huge Pages on the Docker host:
sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
8.) Install node.js packages via Lerna:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run setup-api-dev
9.) Restart the whole stack with everything set up:
docker-compose down && docker-compose up --build
10.) Make the stack locally accessible via (sub-)domain in your hosts file:
127.0.0.1 example.com
127.0.0.1 db.example.com
127.0.0.1 search.example.com
127.0.0.1 api.example.com
- TODO: dnsmasq setup
0.) Set A-Records for the following subdomains: api, db,search and let
them propagate.
1.) Copy example.env to .env and change settings accordingly.
2.) Create the necessary docker volumes:
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_couchdb
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_redis
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_elasticsearch
docker volume create --name=poltergeist_prodcerts
3.) Generate valid SSL certificate via Letsencrypt:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run -p 80:80 certgen-prod
4.) Start the whole stack in production mode:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up --build
5.) Setup CouchDB: This only works with proper DNS record for your domain and working SSL certificates (even if self-signed):
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run setup-couchdb-prod
6.) Populate Database If you have Markdown files with yaml frontmatter, you can directly import them as documents into CouchDB. Create the folder that will hold your Markdown documents:
mkdir -p volumes/couchdb/import
Copy Markdown files into the import folder and import them (this only works locally):
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run import-couchdb-data
7.) If you're on a Linux flavour, you have to raise the virtual memory max map count and disable "Transparent Huge Pages" on the Docker host:
sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
8.) Install node.js packages via Lerna:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run setup-api-dev
9.) Restart the whole stack with everything set up:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up --build
Move the poltergeist repository to /opt/poltergeist or make a symlink. Install systemd services to start the poltergeist stack on boot:
cp setup/systemd/poltergeist* /etc/systemd/system/
systemctl enable poltergeist.service
systemctl enable poltergeist-certgen-prod.timer
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start poltergeist.service
systemctl start poltergeist-certgen-prod.timer
Check if your stytemd timer is working correctly (this will periodically renew SSL certifiates if necessary via Letsencrypt):
systemctl list-timers --all
Make a backup of the databases and certificates:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run backup-couchdb
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run backup-redis
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run backup-elasticsearch
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run backup-prodcerts
Restore a previously made backup:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run restore-couchdb
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run restore-redis
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run restore-elasticsearch
docker-compose -f docker-compose.admin.yml run restore-prodcerts
Delete all .DS_Store files:
find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete
Attach to "Docker for Mac" Socket (press Enter to login)
screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/tty
- Docker (1.13.0 (15072))
- Docker-Compose (1.10.0, build 4bd6f1a)
- node.js (Docker image: node:7.6.0-alpine)
- Lerna (2.0.0-beta.38)
- hapi (15.2.0)
- HAProxy (Docker image: haproxy:1.7.2-alpine)
- CouchDB (Docker image: klaemo/couchdb:2.0.0)
- Redis (Docker image: redis:3.2.7-alpine)
- elasticsearch (Docker image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.2.1)
- logstash (Docker image: logstash:5.2.1-alpine)
- https://www.contentful.com
- https://prismic.io
- https://cosmicjs.com
- https://getdirectus.com
- https://getcockpit.com
- http://osmek.com
Poltergeist is BSD licensed.