Seafile Docker autostart

You can use one of the following methods to start Seafile container on system bootup.

Modify docker-compose.service

1. Add docker-compose.service

   vim /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose.service

   [Unit]
   Description=Docker Compose Application Service
   Requires=docker.service
   After=docker.service
   
   [Service]
   Type=forking
   RemainAfterExit=yes
   WorkingDirectory=/opt/   
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker compose up -d
   ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker compose down
   TimeoutStartSec=0
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

   Note

   WorkingDirectory is the absolute path to the seafile-server.yml file directory.

2. Set the docker-compose.service file to 644 permissions

   chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose.service
   

3. Load autostart configuration

   systemctl daemon-reload
   systemctl enable docker-compose.service
   

Modify Docker files

Add configuration restart: unless-stopped for each container in components of Seafile docker. Take seafile-server.yml for example

services:
db:
    image: mariadb:10.11
    container_name: seafile-mysql-1
    restart: unless-stopped

memcached:
    image: memcached:1.6.18
    container_name: seafile-memcached
    restart: unless-stopped

elasticsearch:
    image: elasticsearch:8.6.2
    container_name: seafile-elasticsearch
    restart: unless-stopped

seafile:
    image: seafileltd/seafile-pro-mc:12.0-latest
    container_name: seafile
    restart: unless-stopped

Tip

Add restart: unless-stopped, and the Seafile container will automatically start when Docker starts. If the Seafile container does not exist (execute docker compose down), the container will not start automatically.