Self-host WriteFreely

copy# WriteFreely — the project's container image on ghcr.io, SQLite, configured with a config.ini
# upstream docs don't document a Docker production path yet; this uses the image + the documented CLI (db init, keys generate, user create)
mkdir -p ~/writefreely/data && cd ~/writefreely
cat > config.ini <<'EOF'
[server]
port = 8080
bind = 0.0.0.0
keys_parent_dir = /data

[database]
type = sqlite3
filename = /data/writefreely.db

[app]
site_name = My WriteFreely
host = http://SERVER_IP:8080
single_user = false
open_registration = false
min_username_len = 3
federation = true
EOF
# the image runs as the unprivileged `daemon` user (uid 2)
sudo chown -R 2:2 data
IMG=ghcr.io/writefreely/writefreely:v0.17.1
docker run --rm -v ./config.ini:/go/config.ini:ro -v ./data:/data $IMG db init
docker run --rm -v ./config.ini:/go/config.ini:ro -v ./data:/data $IMG keys generate
ADMIN_PASS=$(openssl rand -hex 12) && echo "admin login: writer / $ADMIN_PASS"
docker run --rm -v ./config.ini:/go/config.ini:ro -v ./data:/data $IMG user create --admin writer:$ADMIN_PASS
docker run -d --name writefreely --restart unless-stopped -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ./config.ini:/go/config.ini:ro -v ./data:/data $IMG
# open http://SERVER_IP:8080 and log in; set host to your https:// domain before federating (it can't change later)