Self-host Lychee

copy# Lychee + MariaDB — the README's Docker (Recommended) compose, with APP_KEY and DB passwords generated
mkdir -p lychee && cd lychee
DB_PW=$(openssl rand -hex 16)
cat > docker-compose.yml <<EOF
services:
  lychee:
    image: ghcr.io/lycheeorg/lychee:latest
    ports: ["8000:8000"]
    volumes:
      - ./lychee/uploads:/app/public/uploads
      - ./lychee/logs:/app/storage/logs
      - ./lychee/tmp:/app/storage/tmp
    environment:
      APP_URL: http://SERVER_IP:8000
      APP_KEY: "base64:$(openssl rand -base64 32)"
      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
      DB_HOST: lychee_db
      DB_PORT: 3306
      DB_DATABASE: lychee
      DB_USERNAME: lychee
      DB_PASSWORD: $DB_PW
    depends_on: { lychee_db: { condition: service_healthy } }
    restart: unless-stopped
  lychee_db:
    image: mariadb:11
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: lychee
      MYSQL_USER: lychee
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: $DB_PW
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: $(openssl rand -hex 16)
    volumes: ["lychee_db:/var/lib/mysql"]
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
      interval: 5s
      retries: 10
    restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
  lychee_db:
EOF
docker compose up -d
# open http://SERVER_IP:8000 — the first visit asks you to create the admin account