🚀 Frappe Docker Deployment with Custom Apps Guide

This guide helps you deploy Frappe applications using Docker, ensuring a stable and scalable setup.

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1️⃣ Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have: refer to frappe docker single server setup for prerequisites install

• Docker & Docker Compose installed.
• Git installed.
• Personal Access Token (PAT) for GitHub (if using private repositories).
• A properly configured .env and apps.json inside the frappe_docker directory.

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2️⃣ Clone frappe_docker Repository

All commands should be executed inside the frappe_docker directory.

git clone https://github.com/frappe/frappe_docker.git
cd frappe_docker

Create and configure .env and apps.json inside this directory.

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3️⃣ Required Environment Variables

Ensure your .env file contains these variables:

ERPNEXT_VERSION=v15.47.3  [for installing ERPNext]
DB_PASSWORD=your-db-password
UPSTREAM_REAL_IP_ADDRESS=your-server-ip
HTTP_PUBLISH_PORT=80
LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=your-email@redsofterp.com
SITES=redsofterp.com
HOST_IP=your-host-ip

[if want to add trafik dashboard]
USERNAME=admin
HASHED_PASSWORD=your-hashed-password
TRAEFIK_DOMAIN=localhost

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4️⃣ Configure apps.json

This file lists the custom apps that should be included.

• Edit apps.json:

  nano apps.json

• Example Format:

  [
    {
      "url": "https://{{PAT}}@github.com/yourusername/yourapp.git",
      "branch": "main"
    }
  ]

• Replace {{PAT}} with your actual token:

  export PAT=your_github_pat
  sed -i "s|{{PAT}}|$PAT|g" apps.json

• Encode apps.json to Base64:

  export APPS_JSON_BASE64=$(base64 -w 0 apps.json)

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5️⃣ Build Docker Image

By default, the build process uses a pre-built image with default versions of Node.js and Python. you can change frappe branch to specific version. You can choose to build from scratch: Refer to the official guide.

• Build the image:

  docker build \
    --build-arg FRAPPE_PATH=https://github.com/frappe/frappe \
    --build-arg FRAPPE_BRANCH=version-15 \
    --build-arg APPS_JSON_BASE64=$APPS_JSON_BASE64 \
    --tag ghcr.io/yourusername/frappe-yourapp/prod:1.0.0 \
    --file images/layered/Containerfile .

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6️⃣ (Optional) Push Image to GitHub Registry

👉 Skip this step if building directly on the server. Instead, set PULL_POLICY=never in the next step to use local image.

• Authenticate and push the image:

  echo $CR_PAT | docker login ghcr.io -u your_github_username --password-stdin
  docker push ghcr.io/yourusername/frappe-yourapp/prod:1.0.0

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7️⃣ Set Environment Variables

Define variables for deployment:

export CUSTOM_IMAGE='ghcr.io/yourusername/frappe-yourapp/prod'
export CUSTOM_TAG='1.0.0'
export PULL_POLICY='never'  # Set to 'always' if pulling from a registry

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8️⃣ Generate docker-compose.yaml

The following command will generate the docker-compose.yaml file.

docker compose -f compose.yaml \
  -f overrides/compose.mariadb.yaml \
  -f overrides/compose.redis.yaml \
  -f overrides/compose.https.yaml \
  config > ~/gitops/docker-compose.yaml

To understand what these override files do and check if you need different ones,
Read this guide.

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9️⃣ Deploy Services

• Pull images:

  docker compose --project-name frappe-yourapp -f ~/gitops/docker-compose.yaml pull

• Stop running services:

  docker compose --project-name frappe-yourapp -f ~/gitops/docker-compose.yaml down

• Start services:

  docker compose --project-name frappe-yourapp -f ~/gitops/docker-compose.yaml up -d

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🔟 (First-Time Setup) Create Site & Install Apps

If this is a fresh deployment, you must create the site and install apps.

1. Create a new site:

   docker exec -it frappe-yourapp-backend-1 bench new-site hfhg.redsofterp.com --admin-password=yourpassword

2. Install necessary apps:

   docker exec -it frappe-yourapp-backend-1 bench --site hfhg.redsofterp.com install-app erpnext
   docker exec -it frappe-yourapp-backend-1 bench --site hfhg.redsofterp.com install-app your-custom-app

3. Restore Backup: [If applicable]

bench --site yoursite.com --force restore /path/to/backup.sql.gz --with-private-files /path/to/private-files.tar --with-public-files /path/to/public-files.tar

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1️⃣1️⃣ Verify Deployment

• Check running containers:

  docker ps

• Run migrations:

  docker exec -it frappe-yourapp-backend-1 bench --site hfhg.redsofterp.com migrate

✅ Automate Deployment using deploy_changes.sh

Use the script below to automate the redeployment process.

💡 How to Use the Script

1. Make it executable:

   chmod +x deploy_changes.sh

2. Deploy:

   ./deploy_changes.sh 1.0.1