Self-host Budibase with Docker
An open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, forms, and admin panels.
This page describes the Levelrail template for Budibase (Applications). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.
Project site: https://docs.budibase.com/docs/docker-compose.Recommended memory: about 2048 MiB.
Services, ports and volumes
| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
app-service | budibase.docker.scarf.sh/budibase/apps:latest | none | none |
couchdb-service | budibase/couchdb:latest | none | budibase_couchdb_data -> /opt/couchdb/data |
minio-service | ghcr.io/coollabsio/minio:RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z | none | budibase_minio_data -> /data |
proxy-service | budibase/proxy:latest | 10000 | none |
redis-service | redis:7-alpine | none | budibase_redis_data -> /data |
worker-service | budibase.docker.scarf.sh/budibase/worker:latest | none | none |
Environment variables
| Service | Variable | Value |
|---|---|---|
app-service | API_ENCRYPTION_KEY | Generated at deploy |
app-service | BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT | Preset in the template |
app-service | COUCH_DB_URL | Generated at deploy |
app-service | ENCRYPTION_KEY | Generated at deploy |
app-service | INTERNAL_API_KEY | Generated at deploy |
app-service | JWT_SECRET | Generated at deploy |
app-service | LOG_LEVEL | Preset in the template |
app-service | MINIO_ACCESS_KEY | Generated at deploy |
app-service | MINIO_SECRET_KEY | Generated at deploy |
app-service | MINIO_URL | Preset in the template |
app-service | PORT | Preset in the template |
app-service | REDIS_URL | Preset in the template |
app-service | SELF_HOSTED | Preset in the template |
app-service | WORKER_URL | Preset in the template |
couchdb-service | COUCHDB_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
couchdb-service | COUCHDB_USER | Generated at deploy |
couchdb-service | TARGETBUILD | Preset in the template |
minio-service | MINIO_BROWSER | Preset in the template |
minio-service | MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
minio-service | MINIO_ROOT_USER | Generated at deploy |
proxy-service | APPS_UPSTREAM_URL | Preset in the template |
proxy-service | COUCHDB_UPSTREAM_URL | Preset in the template |
proxy-service | MINIO_UPSTREAM_URL | Preset in the template |
proxy-service | RESOLVER | Preset in the template |
proxy-service | WORKER_UPSTREAM_URL | Preset in the template |
worker-service | API_ENCRYPTION_KEY | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | APPS_URL | Preset in the template |
worker-service | CLUSTER_PORT | Preset in the template |
worker-service | COUCH_DB_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | COUCH_DB_URL | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | COUCH_DB_USERNAME | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | INTERNAL_API_KEY | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | JWT_SECRET | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | MINIO_ACCESS_KEY | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | MINIO_SECRET_KEY | Generated at deploy |
worker-service | MINIO_URL | Preset in the template |
worker-service | PORT | Preset in the template |
worker-service | REDIS_URL | Preset in the template |
worker-service | SELF_HOSTED | Preset in the template |
Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.
Deploy Budibase with Levelrail
In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Budibase. Review the Compose body and deploy.
With the CLI:
levelrail-cli templates deploy budibase --name my-budibaseSee Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.
More Applications templates
All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.