---
title: "Docker Compose setup"
description: "Run the full Ansvisor stack on your own server in 10 minutes."
---

## Stack overview

The repo ships with two services in `docker-compose.yml`:

- **web** — Next.js 16 dashboard, port `3000`
- **server** — Express API + workers, port `80`

Plus an external dependency:
- **Supabase project** — database, auth, storage. You provide URL + keys.

## Prerequisites

- Linux host with Docker 24+ and Docker Compose v2
- Open ports `80` (API) and `3000` (web) — or front them with a reverse proxy
- A Supabase project ([free tier](https://supabase.com/) works fine)
- API keys for at least one AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini)

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Clone the repo">
    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/aeohub/ansvisor.git
    cd ansvisor
    ```
  </Step>
  <Step title="Apply database migrations">
    Either use the Supabase CLI:
    ```bash
    cd supabase
    supabase link --project-ref YOUR_PROJECT_REF
    supabase db push
    ```
    Or paste each `.sql` file in `supabase/migrations/` into the Supabase SQL editor in order.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Configure env files">
    ```bash
    cp web/.env.example web/.env
    cp server/.env.example server/.env
    ```
    Fill in Supabase URL/keys, AI provider keys, and (optional) DataForSEO + Cloro credentials.
    See [Env variables](/self-host/env-variables) for the full reference.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Start the stack">
    ```bash
    docker compose up -d
    docker compose logs -f
    ```
    Web is now on `http://localhost:3000`, API on `http://localhost`.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Create your first user">
    Open `http://localhost:3000/sign-up` and register. The first user becomes org admin automatically.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Production hardening

For a real deployment behind a domain (e.g. `app.example.com` + `api.example.com`):

- Front both services with **Cloudflare** (proxied) or **Caddy/Nginx** for HTTPS
- Use **AWS Security Groups** / firewall rules to restrict origin ports to known IPs
- Set `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.example.com` and `ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://app.example.com` accordingly
- Mount logs to a persistent volume or ship to a logging service

<Tip>
For solo deploys we recommend **Cloudflare proxied + Flexible SSL** for the API hostname. Zero certificate management, HTTPS works in 2 minutes.
</Tip>

## Updating to a new release

```bash
cd ansvisor
git pull
docker compose up -d --build
```

Migrations under `supabase/migrations/` run forward-only — re-running `supabase db push` is idempotent.

## Splitting web and server across hosts

Common setup: web on Vercel, server + workers on a VM.

1. Don't run `docker compose up` for web — deploy `web/` to Vercel directly via Git integration
2. On the VM, run only the server: `docker compose up -d server`
3. In Vercel, set `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.your-domain.com`
4. In server's env, set `ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://your-vercel-domain.com`

<Card title="Continue: Supabase setup" icon="arrow-right" href="/self-host/supabase-setup">
  Detailed Supabase project preparation (schema, RLS, triggers).
</Card>
