AdventureLog is a simple way to log your travels and share them with the world. You can add photos, notes, and more to your logs. Keep track of the countries you’ve visited, the regions you’ve explored, and the places you’ve been. You can also see your travel stats and milestones. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install AdventureLog on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest AdventureLog v0.7.1 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

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

• STEP 4

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

• STEP 5

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 6

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

• STEP 7

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

• STEP 8

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 AdventureLog. After that, add the following instructions:

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

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 9866

• STEP 9

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 10

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

• STEP 11

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

• STEP 12

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 AdventureLog-API. After that, add the following instructions:

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

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 8669

• STEP 13

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 14

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

• STEP 15

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the adventurelog folder, create two new folders and name them db and media. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 16

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 17

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

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

services:
  db:
    image: postgis/postgis:16-master
    container_name: AdventureLog-DB
    hostname: adventurelog-db
    mem_limit: 1g
    cpu_shares: 1024
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-q", "-d", "adventurelog", "-U", "adventureloguser"]
      timeout: 45s
      interval: 10s
      retries: 10
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/adventurelog/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: adventurelog
      POSTGRES_USER: adventureloguser
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: adventurelogpass
    restart: on-failure:5

  web:
    image: ghcr.io/seanmorley15/adventurelog-frontend:latest
    container_name: AdventureLog-FRONTEND
    environment:
      - PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://server:8000
      - ORIGIN=https://adventurelog.yourname.synology.me
      - BODY_SIZE_LIMIT=Infinity
    ports:
      - 9866:3000
    depends_on:
      - server
      
  server:
    image: ghcr.io/seanmorley15/adventurelog-backend:latest
    container_name: AdventureLog-SERVER
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/80' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
      - PGHOST=db
      - PGDATABASE=adventurelog
      - PGUSER=adventureloguser
      - PGPASSWORD=adventurelogpass
      - SECRET_KEY=q9TAW5pK5O9DqAWhY18XupmtlZk0ULRmjroiZcfvJkvZduSYzrzc0FtM2yfHEeyB
      - DJANGO_ADMIN_USERNAME=marius
      - DJANGO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=mariushosting
      - DJANGO_ADMIN_EMAIL=yourown@email
      - DISABLE_REGISTRATION=false
      - PUBLIC_URL=https://adventurelogapi.yourname.synology.me
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=https://adventurelog.yourname.synology.me
      - DEBUG=False
      - FRONTEND_URL=https://adventurelog.yourname.synology.me
    ports:
      - 8669:80
    depends_on:
      - db
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/adventurelog/media:/code/media:rw

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for ORIGIN and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 8.
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. (Generate your own 64 length SECRET_KEY.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for DJANGO_ADMIN_USERNAME and type in your own username. marius is an example for a username. Do NOT use special characters.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for DJANGO_ADMIN_PASSWORD and type in your own password. mariushosting is an example for a password. Do NOT use special characters.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for DJANGO_ADMIN_EMAIL and type in your own email address.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for PUBLIC_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 8.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for FRONTEND_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 8.

• STEP 18

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 19

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

• STEP 20

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click Containers. Identify your AdventureLog-SERVER instance, then click on the little terminal icon. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 21

After you click on the little terminal icon at STEP 20, a new page will open. Click Connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 22

After you click Connect at STEP 21, a Console will open. Copy Paste the code below, then hit Enter on your keyboard. Follow the instructions in the image below.

python manage.py download-countries

• STEP 23

The World Travel Data will be downloaded. If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the end of the console: “All data imported successfully“.

• STEP 24

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

• STEP 25

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://adventurelog.yourname.synology.me that you have previously created at STEP 8. In my case it’s https://adventurelog.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the AdventureLog homepage. At the top right of the page, click the 3 horizontal dots, then select your favorite theme. Click Sign Up to create an account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 26

Type in your own details, then click Signup. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 27

Welcome to the AdventureLog homepage! Go straight to the next STEP.

• STEP 28

At the top right of the page, click on the user icon then My Adventures. Click the + button at the bottom right of the page. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 29

Click Visited Adventure if you want to add memorial tracks of your previous adventure or Planned Adventure for an upcoming Vacation/Adventure. I selected Visited Adventure. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 30

Add the details of your Adventure with image, if possible, then click Create. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 31

Your first Vacation/Adventure at a glance!

• STEP 32

Add multiple Adventures!

• STEP 33

Your Adventures at a glance!

• STEP 34

At the top of the page you can also click the Map tab to check your Pinned Adventures in a Worldwide map.

• STEP 35

If you want to disable user registration in AdventureLog after registering the first user, just change the following line in the compose at STEP 17:

DISABLE_REGISTRATION=false

with the following one:

DISABLE_REGISTRATION=true

Click update the stack to update the settings. From this point on, any user that will try to register a new account in AdventureLog will be rejected.

Enjoy AdventureLog!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

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

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This post was updated on Friday / November 15th, 2024 at 7:08 PM