Actual¶

Actual is a self-hosted budgeting application.

There is an official image for this service that we'll use: actualbudget/actual-server.

Pre-Installation¶

We'll create a folder in the main user's home where all the service's data will be saved.

mkdir ~/services/data/actual

Docker Compose¶

Actual will be run using Docker Compose. The content of the docker-compose.yml file is as follows:

services:
  web:
    image: actualbudget/actual-server:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      default:
      proxy_external:
        aliases:
          - actual
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
    environment:
      TZ: America/Guayaquil
    labels:
      traefik.enable: true
      traefik.docker.network: proxy_external
      traefik.http.routers.actual.rule: Host(`subdomain.example.com`)
      traefik.http.routers.actual.entrypoints: tunnel
      traefik.http.routers.actual.service: actual@docker
      traefik.http.services.actual.loadbalancer.server.port: 5006

networks:
  proxy_external:
    external: true

Reverse Proxy¶

This service is exposed by a reverse proxy. More specifically, it is using Traefik.

For this reason, you will see that this service has:

1. A directive to connect it to the proxy_external external network.
2. A container alias for the proxy_external network.
3. A number of labels with names starting with traefik.

If you're not using a reverse proxy, feel free to remove these from the docker-compose.yml file. Keep in mind you might need to bind the ports to connect to the service instead.

Running¶

Start up the service with:

docker compose up -d

That's it! The service will auto-start on system startup and restart on failure.