ChiefOnboarding is a free and open source employee onboarding platform. You can onboarding new hires through Slack or the dashboard. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install ChiefOnboarding on your Synology NAS using Docker.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest ChiefOnboarding 2.2.5 release.

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Make sure you have a synology.me Wildcard Certificate. Follow my guide to get a Wildcard Certificate. If you already have a synology.me Wildcard certificate, skip this STEP.

• STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Login Portal / Advanced Tab / click Reverse Proxy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 5

Now click the “Create” button. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

After you click the Create button, the window below will open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the General area, set the Reverse Proxy Name description: type in ChiefOnboarding. After that, add the following instructions:

Source:
Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: onboarding.yourname.synology.me
Port: 443

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 9810

• STEP 7

On the Reverse Proxy Rules click the Custom Header tab. Click Create and then, from the drop-down menu, click WebSocket. After you click on WebSocket, two Header Names and two Values will be automatically added. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 8

Go to Control Panel / Network / Connectivity tab/ Check Enable HTTP/2 then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Go to Control Panel / Security / Advanced tab/ Check Enable HTTP Compression then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it chiefonboardingdb. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 11

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

In the Name field type in chiefonboarding. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: ChiefOnboarding-DB
    hostname: chiefonboarding-db
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-q", "-d", "chiefonboarding", "-U", "chiefuser"]
      timeout: 45s
      interval: 10s
      retries: 10
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/chiefonboardingdb:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=chiefonboarding
      - POSTGRES_USER=chiefuser
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=chiefpass
    restart: on-failure:5

  app:
    image: chiefonboarding/chiefonboarding:latest
    container_name: ChiefOnboarding
    hostname: chiefonboarding
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8000/health || exit 1
    ports:
      - 9810:8000
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=MariushostingMariushostingMari13
      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://chiefuser:chiefpass@chiefonboarding-db:5432/chiefonboarding
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=192.168.1.18,onboarding.yourname.synology.me
      - ACCOUNT_EMAIL=Your-own-email-address
      - ACCOUNT_PASSWORD=mariushosting
     #- EMAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
     #- EMAIL_PORT=587
     #- EMAIL_HOST_USER=Your-own-gmail-address
     #- EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=Your-own-app-password
     #- EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
     #- EMAIL_USE_SSL=False
    restart: on-failure:5
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_started

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SECRET_KEY and add your own SECRET KEY. MariushostingMariushostingMari13 is an example for a SECRET_KEY. You should invent your own Value. Add 32 random characters, both letters and numbers.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for ALLOWED_HOSTS and type in your own local NAS IP and your own synology.me DDNS without https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6. The local NAS IP and DDNS are separated by a comma.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for ACCOUNT_EMAIL and type in your own email.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for ACCOUNT_PASSWORD and type in your own password. mariushosting is an example for a password. You have to insert your own password.
Note: If you want, you can also add your own SMTP email details by removing all the # in the code above. If you don’t have SMTP details, then leave the code as it is with the #. (Follow my guide on how to Activate Gmail SMTP For Docker Containers.)

• STEP 13

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 14

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 15

Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂.

• STEP 16

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://onboarding.yourname.synology.me that you have previously created at STEP 6. In my case it’s https://onboarding.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the main ChiefOnboarding login page. Type in your own Email and Password that you have previously created at STEP 12. Click Login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

Change your own Profile. At the top menu on the left click People then Colleagues. Click View. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 18

Add your own information then save your administrator profile. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy ChiefOnboarding!

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If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

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