Self-host Firefly III with Docker
A self-hosted personal finance manager for tracking budgets, bills, and spending.
This page describes the Levelrail template for Firefly III (Finance). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.
Project site: https://docs.firefly-iii.org.Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.
Services, ports and volumes
| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
db | mariadb:11 | none | firefly_db_data -> /var/lib/mysql |
firefly | fireflyiii/core:version-6.2.3 | 8080 | firefly_upload_data -> /var/www/html/storage/upload |
Environment variables
| Service | Variable | Value |
|---|---|---|
db | MYSQL_DATABASE | Preset in the template |
db | MYSQL_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
db | MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
db | MYSQL_USER | Preset in the template |
firefly | APP_KEY | Generated at deploy |
firefly | APP_URL | Preset in the template |
firefly | DB_CONNECTION | Preset in the template |
firefly | DB_DATABASE | Preset in the template |
firefly | DB_HOST | Preset in the template |
firefly | DB_PASSWORD | Generated at deploy |
firefly | DB_USERNAME | 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 Firefly III with Levelrail
In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Firefly III. Review the Compose body and deploy.
With the CLI:
levelrail-cli templates deploy firefly-iii --name my-firefly-iiiSee Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.
More Finance templates
All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.