Akaunting Docker Image

You can pull the latest image with docker pull docker.io/akaunting/akaunting:latest

Description

This repository defines how the official Akaunting images are built for Docker Hub.

Akaunting is online, open source and free accounting software built with modern technologies. Track your income and expenses with ease. For more information on Akaunting, please visit the website.

Usage

git clone https://github.com/akaunting/docker
cd docker
cp env/db.env.example env/db.env
vi env/db.env # and set things
cp env/run.env.example env/run.env
vi env/run.env # and set things

AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose up -d

Then head to HTTP at port 8080 on the docker-compose host and finish configuring your Akaunting company through the interactive wizard.

After setup is complete, bring the containers down before bringing them back up without the setup variable.

docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

Please never use AKAUNTING_SETUP=true environment variable again after the first time use.

If you have a database cluster you can take advantage of the following environment variables:

# In env/run.env put:
DB_HOST_WRITE: "example-write"
DB_HOST_READ: "example-read"

You can use Redis with Akaunting for performance enhancement and scalability, if you have a Redis you can take advantage of the following environment variables:

# In env/run.env put:
REDIS_HOST: "example-redis"
# Switch cache driver to redis
CACHE_DRIVER: "redis"
# Switch session driver to redis
SESSION_DRIVER: "redis"
# Switch queue driver to redis
QUEUE_CONNECTION: "redis"

Upgrading

The application files live in the akaunting-data volume, so pulling a newer image updates PHP and the system packages but not Akaunting itself. Upgrade Akaunting from inside the running container instead.

Akaunting 3.2 and later require PHP 8.2. Always switch to the new image before upgrading Akaunting. Upgrading Akaunting on an old PHP 8.1 image leaves the application unable to start.

1. Back up your database:

   docker exec akaunting-db sh -c 'exec mariadb-dump -u"$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_PASSWORD" "$MYSQL_DATABASE"' > akaunting-backup.sql

2. Pull the new image and recreate the container:

   docker-compose pull
   docker-compose up -d

3. Upgrade Akaunting and its installed apps:

   docker exec -u www-data akaunting php artisan update:all

   You can also do this step from Settings > Updates in the Akaunting web interface.

Do not just copy the new files over the old ones and run php artisan migrate. Some versions also update existing data during the upgrade, and that step only runs through the updater.

Extra ways to explore containerized Akaunting!

This repository contains extra compose and other files that allows you to run Akaunting in different setups like using FPM and NGINX and here is the most important commands that you may need:

# Run Akaunting setup that checks for volume files before copying them.
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f v-docker-compose.yml up --build

# Run Akaunting with FPM on Debian and use Nginx as external proxy
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f fpm-docker-compose.yml up --build

# Run Akaunting using FPM on Alpine and using Nginx as external proxy
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f fpm-docker-compose.yml -f fpm-alpine-docker-compose.yml up --build

# Run Akaunting using FPM on Alpine and using Nginx as internal proxy
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f fpm-alpine-nginx-docker-compose.yml up --build

# Download Akaunting using git and install composer and npm and run Akaunting using FPM on Alpine and using Nginx as internal proxy
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f fpm-alpine-nginx-docker-compose.yml -f fpm-alpine-nginx-composer-docker-compose.yml up --build

# Download Akaunting using git and install composer and npm and run Akaunting using FPM on Alpine and using Nginx as internal proxy and supervisor to manage the queues
AKAUNTING_SETUP=true docker-compose -f fpm-alpine-nginx-docker-compose.yml -f fpm-alpine-nginx-composer-supervisor-docker-compose.yml up --build

License

Akaunting is released under the GPLv3 license.