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Running kanka

Preface

Kanka is a dockerized self-hosted PHP application.

⚠️ Warning

This docker setup is meant for developers working on Kanka. Do not use this docker setup to host Kanka on the web! It comes with 0 security (no root password and all ports open).

This setup works as is for our team running with Docker on Linux and MacOS. We only provide limited support for helping people host Kanka locally on Discord from Monday to Friday 9am-4pm (GMT-5). We currently do not provide any paid support for helping people self-host Kanka.

Differences compared to kanka.io

These developer docker instances are quite different from kanka.io that we've listed below.

  • No security, no automatic backups.
  • No support for premium campaigns and subscriber bonuses.
  • No advanced caching, meaning that as the data grows, the app will become much slower.
  • No third-party setup like discord, google/meta/x (formerly twitter) logins, stripe, or analytics.
  • No emails and no campaign exports are generated.
  • No access to the third party tools Kanka pays for like FontAwesome PRO, meaning some icons in the app won't work.
  • And lastly, limited support from the Kanka team to debug your local setup.

Docker

Kanka is set up to run with Docker and Laravel Sail. It comes with several machines.

  • Laravel Sail for running the Kanka PHP application
  • Mariadb for the database
  • Redis for the cache
  • Minio for file storage
  • Thumbor for thumbnails

Prerequisite

Kanka has minimal hardware requirements and can run adequately on a €4/month Hetzner virtual machine. The machine will need the following software to run Kanka:

This Github repository needs to be Cloned (git clone) on your local machine. All commands are to be executed in the Kanka folder.

When on Linux, Docker needs to run with your user and not with sudo! This is important for file permissions to properly work. To set up docker to run with your user, follow these instructions.

Installation

1. Checkout the project

Checkout Kanka on your local machine

gh repo clone owlchester/kanka

or

git clone https://github.com/owlchester/kanka.git

2. Configure the database

Once the project has finished downloading, copy the .env.example file and save it under .env at the root of your new Kanka installation. This file contains all the configuration settings to run Kanka, like the database details, the project's name, options for max file upload sizes, etc.

Hidden by default

Most operating systems hide files starting with a dot by default. You can either change this in your operating system's file explorer, or by accessing the files in the terminal.

Optionally, if you want to change some configs, edit the new .env file. In most cases, you don't need to touch anything.

3. Installing dependencies

Run the following command to install all the dependencies needed by Kanka. This command will start up a small docker to install everything through composer.

docker run --rm \
    -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
    -v $(pwd):/var/www/html \
    -w /var/www/html \
    laravelsail/php83-composer:latest \
    composer install --ignore-platform-reqs

Easier life

To make your life easier, we recommend setting an alias to the sail command.

alias sail='[ -f sail ] && bash sail || bash vendor/bin/sail'

Otherwise, whenever this setup mentions a sail command, replace it with ./vendor/bin/sail.

4. Run docker

Everything should now be ready to run all those docker images. Passing the -d parameter starts it in the background.

sail up -d

5. Bucket setup

Image uploading in the app is stored on a minio service. This mimics the amazon S3 storage, and makes it easier to handle images rather than hosting them directly in the docker responsible for PHP.

First, go to localhost:9000. This is where your files will be stored. Login with sail as the user and password as the password.

Create a new bucket called kanka. This will redirect you to the new kanka bucket. Click on the top right cogwheel icon to access the bucket's config interface. On this page, change the Access Policy from private to public. Without this, uploaded file won't be visible in the browser.

Next up, create a second bucket called thumbnails. Same as before, go back and set it's Access Policy from private to public. This bucket will contain your thumbnails.

6. Run the installer

Now that the bucket is set up, go back to your console run the following commands. The will take care of setting up Kanka's database with all the boilerplate content to make it work.

sail artisan kanka:install

Lastly, set up the full-text search engine with the following line.

sail artisan setup:meilisearch

Next up

Your local development instance of Kanka is now ready to go! Navigate to localhost:8081, and you should see the Kanka application and be able to create an account.

We recommend making an alias in your /etc/hosts file to point kanka.test to your localhost, so what (kanka.test:8081)[http://kanka.test:8081] also works.

Here are a few extra resources:

Shutting down

To stop the docker images, run the following command from your Kanka folder.

sail down

Sharing your local Kanka

Do not make your Kanka instance accessible to the web! To share your Kanka instance with your friends, use the sail share command. Follow the official documentation, or set up a reverse proxy in front of it.