Plane
Stack
Project management tool from the future. An open-source software development tool to manage issues, sprints, and product roadmaps with peace of mind.
Services
plane-web
Configuration
Command/usr/local/bin/start.sh web/server.js webalways[object Object]plane-space
Configuration
Command/usr/local/bin/start.sh space/server.js spacealways[object Object]plane-api
Configuration
Command./bin/takeoffalways[object Object]plane-worker
Configuration
Command./bin/workeralways[object Object]plane-beat-worker
Configuration
Command./bin/beatalways[object Object]plane-db
Configuration
Imagepostgres:15.2-alpinepostgres -c 'max_connections=1000'/var/lib/postgresql/data : /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/pgdataPOSTGRES_USER=${PGUSER}POSTGRES_DB=${PGDATABASE}POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PGPASSWORD}PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/dataalwaysImage details
plane-redis
Configuration
Imageredis:6.2.7-alpine/data : /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/redisdataalwaysImage details
plane-minio
Configuration
Imageminio/minioserver /export --console-address ":9090"/export : /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/uploadsMINIO_ROOT_USER=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}alwaysImage details
createbuckets
Configuration
Imageminio/mc/bin/sh -c " /usr/bin/mc config host add plane-minio http://plane-minio:9000 \$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY; /usr/bin/mc mb plane-minio/\$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME; /usr/bin/mc anonymous set download plane-minio/\$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME; exit 0; "
Image details
Standalone Install
Select an install method, to see config/commands for deploying Plane
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 Plane, 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:
plane-web:
container_name: plane-web
build:
context: .
dockerfile: ./web/Dockerfile.web
args:
DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
restart: always
command: /usr/local/bin/start.sh web/server.js web
depends_on:
- plane-api
- plane-worker
plane-space:
container_name: plane-space
build:
context: .
dockerfile: ./space/Dockerfile.space
args:
DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
restart: always
command: /usr/local/bin/start.sh space/server.js space
depends_on:
- plane-api
- plane-worker
- plane-web
plane-api:
container_name: plane-api
build:
context: ./apiserver
dockerfile: Dockerfile.api
args:
DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
restart: always
command: ./bin/takeoff
env_file:
- ./apiserver/.env
depends_on:
- plane-db
- plane-redis
plane-worker:
container_name: plane-bgworker
build:
context: ./apiserver
dockerfile: Dockerfile.api
args:
DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
restart: always
command: ./bin/worker
env_file:
- ./apiserver/.env
depends_on:
- plane-api
- plane-db
- plane-redis
plane-beat-worker:
container_name: plane-beatworker
build:
context: ./apiserver
dockerfile: Dockerfile.api
args:
DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
restart: always
command: ./bin/beat
env_file:
- ./apiserver/.env
depends_on:
- plane-api
- plane-db
- plane-redis
plane-db:
container_name: plane-db
image: postgres:15.2-alpine
restart: always
command: postgres -c 'max_connections=1000'
volumes:
- /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
env_file:
- .env
environment:
POSTGRES_USER: ${PGUSER}
POSTGRES_DB: ${PGDATABASE}
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PGPASSWORD}
PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data
plane-redis:
container_name: plane-redis
image: redis:6.2.7-alpine
restart: always
volumes:
- /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/redisdata:/data
plane-minio:
container_name: plane-minio
image: minio/minio
restart: always
command: server /export --console-address ":9090"
volumes:
- /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/uploads:/export
environment:
MINIO_ROOT_USER: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
createbuckets:
image: minio/mc
entrypoint: >
/bin/sh -c " /usr/bin/mc config host add plane-minio http://plane-minio:9000 \$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY; /usr/bin/mc mb plane-minio/\$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME; /usr/bin/mc anonymous set download plane-minio/\$AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME; exit 0; "
env_file:
- .env
depends_on:
- plane-minio
Or deploy it directly from the source:
git clone https://github.com/xneo1/portainer_templates
cd portainer_templates
docker compose -f Template/Stack/plane.yml up -dMore install options in our documentation.
Container Documentation
plane-db Documentation
The PostgreSQL object-relational database system provides reliability and data integrity.
plane-redis Documentation
Redis is the world’s fastest data platform for caching, vector search, and NoSQL databases.
plane-minio Documentation
Multi-Cloud Object Storage
createbuckets Documentation
Minio Client (mc) provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc.
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.
Permission denied on volumes
If the logs show "permission denied", the app can't write to its data folder on the host.
- Fix the ownership:
sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/pgdata(and the same for the other mapped folders)
Image won't pull
Test the pull directly on the host: docker pull postgres:15.2-alpine
- "manifest unknown" means the tag no longer exists.
- "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.
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 plane'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
Plane is a Compose stack, a set of containers (9 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 9 containers that run side by side. Here's each one, with the image it runs and anything it waits for first:
plane-web, starts after plane-api, plane-workerplane-space, starts after plane-api, plane-worker, plane-webplane-api, starts after plane-db, plane-redisplane-worker, starts after plane-api, plane-db, plane-redisplane-beat-worker, starts after plane-api, plane-db, plane-redisplane-dbrunspostgres:15.2-alpineplane-redisrunsredis:6.2.7-alpineplane-miniorunsminio/miniocreatebucketsrunsminio/mc, starts after plane-minio
Volumes
A volume is where Plane 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/datafrom/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/pgdataon the host/datafrom/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/redisdataon the host/exportfrom/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/plane/uploadson the host
Environment variables
Environment variables are the settings you hand over when you deploy, things like a password or a timezone. Plane takes 6 of them, all with defaults you can leave alone or tweak:
POSTGRES_USER, pulled from your own environmentPOSTGRES_DB, pulled from your own environmentPOSTGRES_PASSWORD, pulled from your own environmentPGDATA, defaults to/var/lib/postgresql/dataMINIO_ROOT_USER, pulled from your own environmentMINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD, pulled from your own environment
Restart policy
The restart policy here is always, so Docker brings Plane 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 plane-web) 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 Plane up. Add the template list to Portainer once, then deploying Plane is a click rather than a wall of config.