Anchor is a fast, offline-first, self-hostable note-taking app focused on privacy and simplicity. Notes stay local on your device or server, work fully offline, and sync automatically when online. It offers rich text editing, tags, custom backgrounds, pinning, archiving, instant search, trash recovery, dark mode, and easy Docker self-hosting. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Anchor on your UGREEN NAS using Docker and Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Anchor v0.11.1 release.

💡Note: Check out my guide on how to Install Anchor on Your Synology NAS.

• STEP 1

Please Support My work by Making a Donation.

• STEP 2

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

• STEP 3

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

• STEP 4

⚠️Mandatory: Add Read & Write Permissions to the Docker Folder.

• STEP 5

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

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

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

services:
  anchor:
    image: ghcr.io/zhfahim/anchor:latest
    container_name: Anchor
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 3000 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
      - 2997:3000
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/anchor:/data:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

• STEP 7

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 8

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

• STEP 9

Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 10

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://ugreen-ip-address:2997/register If everything goes right, you will see the Anchor registration page. Type in your own details, then click Create Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 11

Click + Create Your First Note. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Switch the theme to Dark, choose your Favorite Background Theme, add your Note. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Your Personal Notes at a glance! Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Anchor on your UGREEN NAS!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to run the Anchor container over HTTPS, check out How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS on Your UGREEN NAS.
🆙Note/Update/Container: How to Update Your Docker Containers on UGREEN NAS Using Portainer.
🐳Note: How to Create Docker Shortcuts on Desktop.
🆕Note: How to Update Portainer to the latest version.
🆕Note: How to Clean Docker.