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Ghostfolio
Stack
Ghostfolio is an open source wealth management software built with web technology.
Services
ghostfolio
Configuration
Imageghostfolio/ghostfolio:latest3443:3333DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:postgrespwd@postgres:5432/ghostfolio-db?sslmode=preferREDIS_HOST=redisREDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}ACCESS_TOKEN_SALT=bvnbvnbcdfbdrfALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=JWT_SECRET_KEY=szvbt45rtfsg5rtgfImage details
postgres
Configuration
Imagepostgres:12/var/lib/postgresql/data : postgresPOSTGRES_DB=ghostfolio-dbPOSTGRES_USER=userPOSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgrespwdImage details
redis
Configuration
Imageredis:alpineREDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1REDIS_PORT=6379REDIS_PASSWORD=redispwdImage details
Standalone Install
Select an install method, to see config/commands for deploying Ghostfolio
Install on Portainer
Import all app templates into your Portainer instance, for easy 1-click deploys
- Ensure both Docker and Portainer are installed, and up-to-date
- Log into your Portainer web UI
- Under Settings → App Templates, paste the below URL
- Head to Home → App Templates, and the list of apps will show up
- Select Ghostfolio, fill in any config options, and hit Deploy
Template Import URL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lissy93/portainer-templates/main/templates.json
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Original stackfile
The compose file this template deploys, straight from its repo:
services:
ghostfolio:
image: ghostfolio/ghostfolio:latest
environment:
DATABASE_URL: postgresql://user:postgrespwd@postgres:5432/ghostfolio-db?sslmode=prefer
REDIS_HOST: 'redis'
REDIS_PASSWORD: ${REDIS_PASSWORD}
ACCESS_TOKEN_SALT: bvnbvnbcdfbdrf
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY:
JWT_SECRET_KEY: szvbt45rtfsg5rtgf
ports:
- 3443:3333
postgres:
image: postgres:12
environment:
POSTGRES_DB: ghostfolio-db
POSTGRES_USER: user
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgrespwd
volumes:
- postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
redis:
image: 'redis:alpine'
environment:
REDIS_HOST: 127.0.0.1
REDIS_PORT: 6379
REDIS_PASSWORD: redispwd
volumes:
postgres:
Or deploy it directly from the source:
git clone https://github.com/xneo1/portainer_templates
cd portainer_templates
docker compose -f Template/Stack/ghostfolio.yml up -dMore install options in our documentation.
Container Documentation
ghostfolio Documentation
Open Source Wealth Management Software
postgres Documentation
The PostgreSQL object-relational database system provides reliability and data integrity.
redis Documentation
Redis is the world’s fastest data platform for caching, vector search, and NoSQL databases.
Serve Ghostfolio on your own domain behind Caddy, Nginx or Traefik. Fill in your domain and copy the result. It's a starting point, some apps need their own base URL or extra headers set too.
Proxying ghostfolio.example.com to http://ghostfolio:3333
Add this to your Caddyfile
ghostfolio.example.com {
reverse_proxy http://ghostfolio:3333
}Check the logs first
Nine times out of ten the logs tell you exactly what went wrong.
- In Portainer, go to Containers, click the container, then Logs. Or run
docker logs <container> - Exit codes help too:
137means killed, usually out of memory.126or127means the command inside the image is broken.
Port already in use
If deployment fails with "Bind for 0.0.0.0:3443 failed: port is already allocated", something else on your server is using that port.
- Find what's using it:
sudo ss -tlnp | grep :3443 - Stop the other service, or pick a different host port. In
3443:3333only the left number is yours to change, the right one belongs to the app.
Running but the page won't load
The container is up but nothing appears in your browser.
- Use your server's real IP:
http://your-server-ip:3443. The 0.0.0.0 link Portainer shows isn't a real address. - Give it a minute after first deploy, Ghostfolio can take a while to initialise.
- Make sure your firewall allows the port, e.g.
sudo ufw allow 3443
Image won't pull
Test the pull directly on the host: docker pull ghostfolio/ghostfolio:latest
- "manifest unknown" means the tag no longer exists. This template uses
latest, so try pinning a specific version instead. - "toomanyrequests" is the Docker Hub rate limit. Log in with
docker loginto raise it. - "no space left on device" means a full disk. Reclaim space with
docker system prune
"exec format error"
This means the image was built for a different CPU architecture than your server.
- Check yours with
uname -m: x86_64 is amd64, aarch64 is arm64. Raspberry Pi and other ARM boards are the usual culprits.
Container keeps restarting
The always restart policy relaunches the app after every crash, so the real error can scroll past.
- Check the logs right after a restart, the last few lines before it died are the useful ones.
- Get the exit code with
docker inspect <container> --format '{{.State.ExitCode}}' - Still stuck? Redeploy once with the restart policy set to
noso the failure stays visible.
Required settings are blank
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY has no default value, and Ghostfolio may crash or misbehave if left empty.
- Fill it in on the deploy screen before hitting deploy.
Stack won't deploy
Compose stacks fail fast on small mistakes, and Portainer shows the reason just above the editor.
- YAML only accepts spaces for indentation, a single tab breaks the whole file.
Raise an issue
Found something which isn't working as it should? Here's how to report it.
- Bug within the app: Open an issue within Ghostfolio's repo
- Template not working: Open an issue on xneo1/portainer_templates
- This website not working: Open an issue on lissy93/portainer-templates
A Compose stack
Ghostfolio is a Compose stack, a set of containers (3 of them) defined in one file and brought up together by Portainer, then started and stopped as a single app.
The services
This stack is built from 3 containers that run side by side. Here's each one, with the image it runs and anything it waits for first:
ghostfoliorunsghostfolio/ghostfolio:latestpostgresrunspostgres:12redisrunsredis:alpine
Ports
A port is the door the app answers on. A mapping like 3443:3333 means it's reachable on port 3443 of your server, where the left number is yours to change and the right one belongs to the app. It opens:
3443:3333
Volumes
A volume is where Ghostfolio keeps its files so they survive an update or a restart. Without one, anything it saves would sit inside the container and vanish the moment it's recreated. This template mounts:
/var/lib/postgresql/datakept in thepostgresvolume Docker manages
Environment variables
Environment variables are the settings you hand over when you deploy, things like a password or a timezone. Ghostfolio takes 10 of them, and one needs a value before it'll start properly:
DATABASE_URL, defaults topostgresql://user:postgrespwd@postgres:5432/ghostfolio-db?sslmode=preferREDIS_HOST, defaults to127.0.0.1REDIS_PASSWORD, defaults toredispwdACCESS_TOKEN_SALT, defaults tobvnbvnbcdfbdrfALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY, needs a valueJWT_SECRET_KEY, defaults toszvbt45rtfsg5rtgfPOSTGRES_DB, defaults toghostfolio-dbPOSTGRES_USER, defaults touserPOSTGRES_PASSWORD, defaults topostgrespwdREDIS_PORT, defaults to6379
Restart policy
The restart policy here is always, so Docker brings Ghostfolio back up after a crash and again when the server reboots. Good for anything you want running around the clock. You can change this on the deploy screen. The choices are no (never restart), on-failure (only after a crash), unless-stopped (restart unless you stop it), and always (bring it back no matter what).
Networking
Portainer puts these services on one shared private network, so they can find each other by name (like ghostfolio) while only the ports above are open to you.
Platform
The platform is linux, the kind of system the container is built to run on. Docker and Portainer handle this on a normal Linux server.
Portainer app templates
Zooming out, this whole page comes from a Portainer app template: a short recipe telling Portainer how to set Ghostfolio up. Add the template list to Portainer once, then deploying Ghostfolio is a click rather than a wall of config.