A complete guide to building OnlyOffice with Docker Compose 🚀

Building OnlyOffice with Docker Compose allows you to configure a document collaboration system in just 5 minutes! 📄✍️ This guide details everything about building container-based OnlyOffice.

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🔍 What is OnlyOffice?

An open source based integrated office solution:

• Real-time document collaboration (word/spreadsheet/presentation)
• MS Office compatible (docx, xlsx, pptx)
• Cloud storage integration (Nextcloud, OwnCloud, etc.)
• Mobile support

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⚙️ Required Prerequisites

1. complete Docker and Docker Compose installation

   # Check the installation
   docker --version && docker-compose --version

2. 4GB or more memory (official recommended specification)
3. open port 80/443 (or use a custom port)

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🐳 Analyze Docker Compose files (with comments)

version: '3' # Docker Compose version

services:
  onlyoffice:
    image: onlyoffice/documentserver:7.4 # Official image
    container_name: onlyoffice_ds
    restart: unless-stopped # Set up automatic restarts
    ports:
      - "8000:80" # host:container port mapping.
      - "8443:443" # when using HTTPS
    volumes:
      - ./onlyoffice_data:/var/www/onlyoffice/Data # Save configuration file.
      - ./onlyoffice_logs:/var/log/onlyoffice # Save logs
    environment:
      - JWT_ENABLED=true # Enable security token.
      - JWT_SECRET=my_super_secret_key # Secret key for token generation
      - DB_TYPE=postgres # Database type
    depends_on:
      - postgres

  postgres: # OnlyOffice dedicated DB
    image: postgres:13
    container_name: onlyoffice_db
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data # Persistent storage of DB data
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: onlyoffice
      POSTGRES_USER: onlyoffice
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: onlyoffice_pass

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🛠️ Step-by-step deployment guide

1. create a working directory

   mkdir onlyoffice && cd onlyoffice

2. create a docker-compose.yml file Copy and save the example above

3. Run the service 🚀.

   docker-compose up -d

   (Image: Container execution screen) (Image: Container execution screen)

4. **Confirm initialization

   docker-compose logs -f # Monitor logs

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🔑 Set core environment variables

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🌐 Connecting and testing OnlyOffice

1. access http://서버IP:8000 in a web browser
2. Check the Welcome page
3. edit a test document:

   http://서버IP:8000/example

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⚠️ Troubleshooting Key Tips

1. Document not saved: **Document not saved → Check the volume mount permission: chmod -R 755 ./onlyoffice_data
2. “Document Server is not responding” → Check the volume mounting permission: chmod -R 755 ./onlyoffice data → Check DB container running normally: docker-compose ps
3. **HTTPS error → Set Nginx reverse proxy recommendation:

   location / {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
   }

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💡 Advanced setup tips

1. integrate Let’s Encrypt. Use certbot after mapping - "443:443" port
2. **Cloud storage integration Set APP_URL environment variable when integrating Nextcloud
3. backup strategy Periodic backup of ./onlyoffice_data, ./pg_data directory

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✅ Conclusion: Why OnlyOffice with Docker?

1. Fast deployment in 5 minutes ⏱️
2. Easy to update → docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d
3. zero compatibility issues** �
4. resource efficient (70% ↓ resource usage compared to traditional VMs)

> “Built with Docker Compose, OnlyOffice is a modern document collaboration platform for any size, from small businesses to university campus solutions!”

Start your own OnlyOffice server now! 🎉 Experience for yourself how a container-based office environment can revolutionize the way you work. D