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The readiness model now takes the database dump's state from getDatabaseBackupHealth, and the dump test reaches the off-host key id where it moved.
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# HealthLog on Unraid
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HealthLog runs on Unraid in two ways. The **Compose Manager** path is the clean,
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self-contained install (app + database as one unit) and is recommended. The
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**Community Applications (CA)** template gives you the familiar one-app-at-a-time
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Unraid UI, but because CA templates describe a single container you install
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PostgreSQL separately and wire the two together.
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HealthLog stores all persistent state in PostgreSQL — the app container itself is
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stateless (the offline geo-IP databases are either baked in at build time or
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mounted read-only; replaceable either way, not state). A backup of
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the database is a backup of everything.
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## What you need
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- Unraid 6.12 or newer.
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- The image: `ghcr.io/mbombeck/healthlog:latest` (multi-arch, amd64 + arm64).
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- Three secrets, each generated with `openssl rand -hex 32` (a 64-character hex
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string). On Unraid open the terminal (the `>_` icon, top-right) and run the
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command three times:
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- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` — the database password
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- `ENCRYPTION_KEY` — AES-256-GCM key for data at rest
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- `API_TOKEN_HMAC_KEY` — API token hashing key
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Keep `ENCRYPTION_KEY` safe and backed up. If you lose it, the encrypted columns
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become unrecoverable.
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---
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## Recommended: Compose Manager
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This installs the app and its database together, exactly as the project's
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`docker-compose.yml` describes.
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1. Install **Compose Manager** from Community Applications (search "Compose
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Manager", by dcflachs).
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2. **Settings → Docker → Compose Manager → Add New Stack**, name it `healthlog`.
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3. Paste the project
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[`docker-compose.yml`](https://github.com/MBombeck/HealthLog/blob/main/docker-compose.yml)
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into the stack's compose file.
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4. Edit the stack's `.env` (the "Edit Stack → env" field) and set:
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```env
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<your openssl rand -hex 32>
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ENCRYPTION_KEY=<your openssl rand -hex 32>
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API_TOKEN_HMAC_KEY=<your openssl rand -hex 32>
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SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=false
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NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL=http://tower:3000
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APP_URL=http://tower:3000
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```
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Replace `tower` with your server's hostname or IP. `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=false`
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is required for plain-HTTP LAN access — see the note below.
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5. **Compose Up**. The app waits for PostgreSQL, runs database migrations on
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first boot, then starts serving.
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6. Open `http://tower:3000`. The first account you register becomes the admin.
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Verify the running version:
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```bash
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curl -s http://tower:3000/api/version
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```
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---
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## Alternative: Community Applications template
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Use this if you prefer the per-app Unraid UI. You install PostgreSQL yourself,
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then add HealthLog pointed at it.
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### Step 1 — install PostgreSQL
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1. In **Apps** (Community Applications), search for a **PostgreSQL** container
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(for example jj9987's `postgresql`). Install version 18; an existing 16
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works too. Moving a 16 to 18 later is a dump and restore, see
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[Moving to a newer Postgres major](../ops/postgres-major-upgrade.md#by-hand).
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2. Set:
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- `POSTGRES_USER` = `healthlog`
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- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` = your generated password
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- `POSTGRES_DB` = `healthlog`
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3. Map the Postgres data path to a share on the array (e.g.
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`/mnt/user/appdata/healthlog-db`) so the database survives container updates.
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4. Note the container's IP (or container name if both run on the same custom
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Docker network).
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### Step 2 — add the HealthLog template
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The template lives at
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[`docs/self-hosting/unraid/healthlog.xml`](unraid/healthlog.xml). Add it via
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**Docker → Add Container → Template** and paste the raw URL, or copy it into
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`/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user/` and pick it from the template
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dropdown.
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Fill in the fields:
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| Field | Value |
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| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| WebUI Port | `3000` |
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| `DATABASE_URL` | `postgresql://healthlog:<password>@<postgres-host>:5432/healthlog?schema=public` |
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| `ENCRYPTION_KEY` | your generated key |
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| `API_TOKEN_HMAC_KEY` | your generated key |
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| `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE` | `false` for plain-HTTP LAN access |
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| `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` | `http://tower:3000` (or your domain) |
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| `APP_URL` | same as `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` |
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Replace `<password>` and `<postgres-host>` with the values from Step 1. Apply,
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then open `http://tower:3000` — the first registered user becomes the admin.
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The HealthLog container has no persistent volume of its own; all state is in the
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PostgreSQL container you installed in Step 1. Back that one up.
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---
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## The one setting that trips people up
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`SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=false` is required for plain-HTTP LAN installs
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(`http://tower:3000`). Left at its default, the session cookie carries the
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`Secure` flag, which the browser would drop over HTTP. The login page says so
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before anything is sent: "Signing in cannot complete on this page".
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Set `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=true` (or leave it unset) only when a TLS reverse
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proxy serves HealthLog over HTTPS. In that case also point `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL`
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and `APP_URL` at the public `https://` URL.
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## Save the recovery kit
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Copy `ENCRYPTION_KEY`, `API_TOKEN_HMAC_KEY` and, with off-host copies,
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`BACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY` from the template into your password manager, then
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confirm the recovery kit under Admin, Encryption (set
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`HEALTHLOG_PLATFORM=unraid` so the kit opens on the Unraid instructions). A
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reinstall with a new key over the old database makes the data unreadable;
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HealthLog then refuses to serve and says so. See
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[Getting started](getting-started.md#save-the-recovery-kit).
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## Updates
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Pin a release tag (`ghcr.io/mbombeck/healthlog:vX.Y.Z`) and bump deliberately,
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or track `:latest` and let Unraid's update check re-pull. Skim the
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[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/MBombeck/HealthLog/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) before
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upgrading, and back up the database first. Migrations are forward-only and run
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automatically on container start.
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## Health check
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Both `/api/health` and `/api/version` respond without authentication.
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`/api/health` returns `200` when the database and background worker are up
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(`503` otherwise) and is the container health probe baked into the image.
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`/api/version` returns the version, build SHA, and build timestamp for deploy
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verification.
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