Self-host YOURLS

copy# YOURLS — URL shortener in the Docker Official Image + MariaDB — based on the compose example in the yourls image README on Docker Hub, pinned to 1.10.6-apache
echo "DB_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 16)" > .env
echo "DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 16)" >> .env
echo "YOURLS_PASS=$(openssl rand -hex 12)" >> .env
cat > docker-compose.yml <<'EOF'
services:
  yourls:
    image: yourls:1.10.6-apache
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - db
    ports:
      - 80:8080
    environment:
      YOURLS_SITE: http://SERVER_IP
      YOURLS_USER: admin
      YOURLS_PASS: ${YOURLS_PASS}
      YOURLS_DB_HOST: db
      YOURLS_DB_NAME: yourls
      YOURLS_DB_USER: yourls
      YOURLS_DB_PASS: ${DB_PASSWORD}
  db:
    image: mariadb:11.4.13
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}
      MARIADB_DATABASE: yourls
      MARIADB_USER: yourls
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
  db_data:
EOF
docker compose up -d
timeout 180 bash -c 'until curl -fsS http://localhost/admin/ >/dev/null; do sleep 5; done'
# → open /admin/ on port 80 to run the installer and sign in as admin with YOURLS_PASS from .env; the bare site root answers 403 by design, short links live at /<keyword>