VoucherVault is a web application that allows you to manage coupons, vouchers and gift cards digitally. It provides a web portal that is mobile friendly and easy to use. Additionally, it supports expiry notifications via Apprise URLs that will frequently remind you to redeem your stuff. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install VoucherVault on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest VoucherVault v1.6.13 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 Voucher. After that, add the following instructions:

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

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 8864

• 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 vouchervault. 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 vouchervault folder that you created at STEP 10 and name them db and redis. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Right click on the vouchervault folder that you have previously created at STEP 10 then click Properties. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Go to the Permission tab then click Advanced options. From the drop-down menu choose “Make inherited permissions explicit“. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Select Everyone then click the Edit tab. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Check all Read and Write Permissions. Click Done. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

After you click Done on STEP 15, check “Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files“. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

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 18

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

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

version: '3.9'
services:
  vouchervault:
    image: l4rm4nd/vouchervault:latest
    container_name: VoucherVault
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8000' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
      - DOMAIN=voucher.yourname.synology.me
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=voucher.yourname.synology.me
      - SECRET_KEY=MariushostingMariushostingMari13
      - REDIS_HOST=redis
      - EXPIRY_THRESHOLD_DAYS=90 # Send notifications xx days prior expiry; default is 30.
    restart: on-failure:5
    ports:
      - 8864:8000
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /etc/TZ:/etc/timezone:ro
      - /volume1/docker/vouchervault/db:/opt/app/database:rw

  redis:
    image: redis:7.2-alpine
    container_name: VoucherVault-REDIS
    healthcheck:
     test: ["CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli ping || exit 1"]
    restart: on-failure:5
    volumes:
    - /volume1/docker/vouchervault/redis:/data:rw

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for DOMAIN and type in your own synology.me DDNS that you have previously created at STEP 6 without https:// at the beginning.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for ALLOWED_HOSTS and type in your own synology.me DDNS that you have previously created at STEP 6 without https:// at the beginning.
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.

• STEP 19

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 20

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

• STEP 21

On the left Portainer sidebar, click Containers then check for the VoucherVault container. Click the little log icon. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 22

Copy the Randomly generated password. You will need this password later at STEP 24. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 23

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

• STEP 24

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://voucher.yourname.synology.me that you have previously created at STEP 6. In my case it’s https://voucher.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the VoucherVault login page. Type in the default username and the Randomly generated password that you have previously copied at STEP 22, then click Log in. Follow the instructions in the image below.

⚠️Warning: the default username is admin and the default password is the Randomly generated password at STEP 22

• STEP 25

At the top right of the VoucherVault page, click admin then Change Password to change the previous Randomly generated password with your own unique password. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 26

Create your first item. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 27

All the items that you have created will be visible in the Inventory.

• STEP 28

Your VoucherVault dashboard at a glance!

Enjoy VoucherVault!

🆘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 Saturday / October 19th, 2024 at 9:13 PM