Formbricks is a solution for in-product micro-surveys that promises to supercharge your product experience. Formbricks provides a free and open source surveying platform. Gather feedback at every point in the user journey with beautiful in-app, website, link and email surveys. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Formbricks on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Formbricks v1.6.1 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

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 Formbricks. After that, add the following instructions:

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

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 3774

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 formbricks. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 11

Now create two new folders inside the formbricks folder that you created at STEP 10 and name them db and uploads. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 12

Follow my step by step guide on how to activate SMTP for your Gmail account. This step is mandatory. Note: If you don’t want to use the easiest way for SMTP with Google and you already have SMTP details from your own Mail Server, you can just skip this STEP and use your personalized email SMTP details instead.

STEP 13

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 14

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

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

version: "3.9"
services:
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: Formbricks-DB
    hostname: formbricks-db
    mem_limit: 1g
    cpu_shares: 1024
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-q", "-d", "formbricks", "-U", "formbricksuser"]
      timeout: 45s
      interval: 10s
      retries: 10
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/formbricks/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: formbricks
      POSTGRES_USER: formbricksuser
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: formbrickspass
    restart: on-failure:5

  formbricks:
    image: ghcr.io/formbricks/formbricks:latest
    restart: on-failure:5
    container_name: Formbricks
    healthcheck:
     test: curl -f http://localhost:3000/ || exit 1
    depends_on:
      - db
    ports:
      - 3774:3000
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/formbricks/uploads:/home/nextjs/apps/web/uploads/:rw
    environment:
      WEBAPP_URL: https://formbricks.yourname.synology.me
      DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://formbricksuser:formbrickspass@formbricks-db:5432/formbricks?schema=public"
      NEXTAUTH_SECRET: v6M37byB5LwYHCPZyCJzDGNUSsHY4grj
      NEXTAUTH_URL: https://formbricks.yourname.synology.me
      ENCRYPTION_KEY: v6M37byB5LwYHCPZyCJzDGNUSsHY4grj
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: formbrickspass
      # ENTERPRISE_LICENSE_KEY:
      EMAIL_VERIFICATION_DISABLED: 1 #Set to 0 to enable Email verification for new signups.
      PASSWORD_RESET_DISABLED: 0 #Set to 1 to enable Password Reset.
      SIGNUP_DISABLED: 0 #Set to 1 to disbale Signups.
      INVITE_DISABLED: 0 #Set to 1 to disable Invites
      MAIL_FROM: Your-own-gmail-address
      SMTP_HOST: smtp.gmail.com
      SMTP_PORT: 587
      SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED: 1
      SMTP_USER: Your-own-gmail-address
      SMTP_PASSWORD: Your-own-app-password
      # SHORT_URL_BASE:
      # EMAIL_AUTH_DISABLED:
      # PRIVACY_URL:
      # TERMS_URL:
      # IMPRINT_URL:
      # GITHUB_ID:
      # GITHUB_SECRET:
      # GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID:
      # GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET:
      # DEFAULT_TEAM_ID:
      # DEFAULT_TEAM_ROLE: admin
      # ONBOARDING_DISABLED: 1

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for WEBAPP_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for NEXTAUTH_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for MAIL_FROM and type in your own Gmail address. STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SMTP_USER and type in your own Gmail address. STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SMTP_PASSWORD and type in your own Gmail app password. STEP 12.

STEP 15

Scroll down on the page until you see a button called 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 16

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

STEP 17

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

STEP 18

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://formbricks.yourname.synology.me In my case it’s https://formbricks.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the Formbricks Login Page. Click Create an account. Follow the instructions in the image below.