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zitadel/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml
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bac224c56d chore: improve docker compose template, tests and docs (#11593)
Replaces the single-file `docker-compose.yaml` quickstart with a
production-aware, Traefik-based compose pack in `deploy/compose/`. The
pack covers the full arc from a 2-minute localhost quickstart to a
hardened homelab or semi-production deployment.

### What's in the pack

**Stack**: Traefik (proxy) → ZITADEL API (Go `:8080`) + ZITADEL Login
(Next.js `:3000`) → PostgreSQL

All HTTP/gRPC routing is handled by Traefik via Docker labels — no
manual proxy config needed. The Login V2 UI is enabled by default. Login
URLs are derived automatically from `ZITADEL_DOMAIN`,
`ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT`, and `ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME` — no separate URL
variables needed.

**Compose files**

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `docker-compose.yml` | Base stack — works standalone. Uses explicit
`name: zitadel` network for reliable Traefik service discovery. |
| `docker-compose.mode-letsencrypt.yml` | TLS overlay: ACME HTTP
challenge |
| `docker-compose.mode-external-tls.yml` | TLS overlay: upstream LB/CDN
terminates TLS. Uses `forwardedHeaders.trustedIPs` (configurable via
`TRAEFIK_TRUSTED_IPS`) instead of `insecure=true`. |
| `docker-compose.mode-local-tls.yml` | TLS overlay: self-signed certs
for LAN |
| `docker-compose.prodlike.yml` | Splits init / setup / start for
controlled upgrades |
| `docker-compose.test.yml` | CI overlay: swaps images to locally-built
`:local` tags |

**Optional profiles**: `cache` (Redis), `observability` (OpenTelemetry
Collector)

### Build infra

- New `@zitadel/api:pack` and `@zitadel/login:pack` Nx targets build
local Docker images (`zitadel/zitadel:local`,
`zitadel/zitadel-login:local`) for use in CI and local testing
- `apps/api/Dockerfile` now accepts a `BINARY` build arg so local and
release builds share the same image

### Testing

- New `@zitadel/compose` Nx project with targets: `test-config`
(validates all overlay combinations using `--quiet`), `test-run` (starts
full stack with local images), `test-e2e` (Playwright wiring + protocol
matrix tests through Traefik), `test-full` (end-to-end: build → start →
test → teardown), `stop`
- **`@zitadel/compose` is explicitly excluded from `nx affected` in CI
for now** — the full stack smoke test requires a Docker daemon and
significant resources. The intent is to add a dedicated
`compose_smoke_test` CI job in a follow-up. The targets can be run
locally with `pnpm nx run @zitadel/compose:test-full`.

### Documentation

- **`compose.mdx`**: Complete rewrite with a staged structure (Stage 1
Quickstart → Stage 2 Homelab → Stage 3 Beyond Compose). Documents TLS
modes, profiles, secrets hardening, ExternalDomain/Port/Secure
invariant, upgrades, and the path to Kubernetes
- **New `requirements.mdx`**: Lists supported PostgreSQL versions
(14–18), Redis (standalone), Docker Compose v2.x, and reverse proxy h2c
requirements
- **`reverse_proxy.mdx`**: Added intro covering h2c requirements, TLS
modes table, and Login UI routing split
- **`troubleshooting.mdx`**: New sections for container restarts on
upgrade, FIRSTINSTANCE env vars not taking effect, and diagnosing
unhealthy containers
- **`caddy/index.mdx`**: Known issue and workaround for the `TE:
trailers` header hang
- Removed the old
`apps/docs/content/self-hosting/deploy/docker-compose.yaml` embedded in
the docs

### Breaking change

The old `apps/docs/content/self-hosting/deploy/docker-compose.yaml` file
is deleted. The getting-started docs page
(`/self-hosting/deploy/compose`) now points to the new pack via a `curl
| tar` download command.

---

### Checklist

- [x] `deploy/compose/` smoke test passes end-to-end locally (`pnpm nx
run @zitadel/compose:test-full`)
- [x] Docs build passes (`pnpm nx run @zitadel/docs:build`)
- [ ] Follow-up issue created to add `compose_smoke_test` CI job

---------

Co-authored-by: Mridang Agarwalla <[email protected]>
2026-02-24 16:33:12 -08:00

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name: zitadel
services:
proxy:
image: ${TRAEFIK_IMAGE}
restart: unless-stopped
command:
- --providers.docker=true
- --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false
- --providers.docker.network=zitadel
- --entrypoints.web.address=:80
- --entrypoints.websecure.address=:443
- --api.dashboard=${TRAEFIK_DASHBOARD_ENABLED}
- --api.insecure=false
- --ping=true
- --ping.entrypoint=web
- --log.level=${TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL}
- --accesslog=${TRAEFIK_ACCESSLOG_ENABLED}
ports:
- ${PROXY_HTTP_PUBLISHED_PORT}:80
networks:
- zitadel
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
depends_on:
zitadel-api:
condition: service_healthy
zitadel-login:
condition: service_healthy
zitadel-api:
image: ghcr.io/zitadel/zitadel:${ZITADEL_VERSION}
restart: unless-stopped
user: "0"
command: start-from-init --masterkey "${ZITADEL_MASTERKEY}"
environment:
ZITADEL_PORT: 8080
ZITADEL_EXTERNALDOMAIN: ${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}
ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT: ${ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT}
ZITADEL_EXTERNALSECURE: ${ZITADEL_EXTERNALSECURE}
ZITADEL_TLS_ENABLED: false
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_DATABASE: ${POSTGRES_DB}
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME: ${POSTGRES_ADMIN_USER}
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE: disable
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME: ${POSTGRES_ZITADEL_USER}
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_ZITADEL_PASSWORD}
ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_SSL_MODE: disable
ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_HUMAN_PASSWORDCHANGEREQUIRED: false
ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_LOGINCLIENTPATPATH: /zitadel/bootstrap/login-client.pat
ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_LOGINCLIENT_MACHINE_USERNAME: login-client
ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_LOGINCLIENT_MACHINE_NAME: Automatically Initialized IAM_LOGIN_CLIENT
ZITADEL_FIRSTINSTANCE_ORG_LOGINCLIENT_PAT_EXPIRATIONDATE: ${LOGIN_CLIENT_PAT_EXPIRATION}
ZITADEL_DEFAULTINSTANCE_FEATURES_LOGINV2_REQUIRED: true
ZITADEL_DEFAULTINSTANCE_FEATURES_LOGINV2_BASEURI: ${ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME}://${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}:${ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT}/ui/v2/login/
ZITADEL_OIDC_DEFAULTLOGINURLV2: ${ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME}://${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}:${ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT}/ui/v2/login/login?authRequest=
ZITADEL_OIDC_DEFAULTLOGOUTURLV2: ${ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME}://${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}:${ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT}/ui/v2/login/logout?post_logout_redirect=
ZITADEL_SAML_DEFAULTLOGINURLV2: ${ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME}://${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}:${ZITADEL_EXTERNALPORT}/ui/v2/login/login?samlRequest=
ZITADEL_LOGSTORE_ACCESS_STDOUT_ENABLED: ${ZITADEL_ACCESS_LOG_STDOUT_ENABLED}
ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_TYPE: ${ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_TYPE}
ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT: ${ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT}
ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_INSECURE: ${ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_TRACE_EXPORTER_INSECURE}
ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_SERVICENAME: ${ZITADEL_INSTRUMENTATION_SERVICENAME}
ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_ENABLED: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_ENABLED}
ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_ADDR: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_ADDR}
ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_USERNAME: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_USERNAME}
ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_PASSWORD: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_CONNECTORS_REDIS_PASSWORD}
ZITADEL_CACHES_INSTANCE_CONNECTOR: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_INSTANCE_CONNECTOR}
ZITADEL_CACHES_MILESTONES_CONNECTOR: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_MILESTONES_CONNECTOR}
ZITADEL_CACHES_ORGANIZATION_CONNECTOR: ${ZITADEL_CACHES_ORGANIZATION_CONNECTOR}
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD
- /app/zitadel
- ready
interval: 10s
timeout: 30s
retries: 12
start_period: 20s
volumes:
- zitadel-bootstrap:/zitadel/bootstrap:rw
networks:
- zitadel
depends_on:
postgres:
condition: service_healthy
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.docker.network=zitadel
- traefik.http.services.zitadel-api.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
- traefik.http.services.zitadel-api.loadbalancer.server.scheme=h2c
- traefik.http.middlewares.zitadel-strip-api.stripprefix.prefixes=/api
- traefik.http.middlewares.zitadel-strip-api.stripprefix.forceSlash=false
# Note: no dedicated gRPC router needed. All gRPC and Connect-RPC traffic
# is handled by the catch-all router below since the backend already uses h2c.
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-web.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-web.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-web.middlewares=zitadel-strip-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-web.service=zitadel-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-web.priority=200
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.tls=true
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.middlewares=zitadel-strip-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.service=zitadel-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-api-alias-websecure.priority=200
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-web.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && !PathPrefix(`/ui/v2/login`) && !PathPrefix(`/api`) && !Path(`/`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-web.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-web.service=zitadel-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-web.priority=100
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-websecure.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && !PathPrefix(`/ui/v2/login`) && !PathPrefix(`/api`) && !Path(`/`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-websecure.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-websecure.tls=true
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-websecure.service=zitadel-api
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-canonical-websecure.priority=100
zitadel-login:
image: ghcr.io/zitadel/zitadel-login:${ZITADEL_VERSION}
restart: unless-stopped
user: "0"
environment:
ZITADEL_API_URL: http://zitadel-api:8080
NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_PATH: /ui/v2/login
ZITADEL_SERVICE_USER_TOKEN_FILE: /zitadel/bootstrap/login-client.pat
CUSTOM_REQUEST_HEADERS: Host:${ZITADEL_DOMAIN},X-Forwarded-Proto:${ZITADEL_PUBLIC_SCHEME}
# Future-ready placeholders for upcoming Login OTEL support.
OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: ${LOGIN_OTEL_SERVICE_NAME}
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: ${LOGIN_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: ${LOGIN_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL}
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD
- /bin/sh
- -c
- node /app/healthcheck.js http://localhost:3000/ui/v2/login/healthy
interval: 10s
timeout: 30s
retries: 12
start_period: 20s
volumes:
- zitadel-bootstrap:/zitadel/bootstrap:ro
networks:
- zitadel
depends_on:
zitadel-api:
condition: service_healthy
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.docker.network=zitadel
- traefik.http.services.zitadel-login.loadbalancer.server.port=3000
- traefik.http.middlewares.zitadel-root-rewrite.replacepath.path=/ui/v2/login/
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-web.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && Path(`/`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-web.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-web.middlewares=zitadel-root-rewrite
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-web.service=zitadel-login
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-web.priority=400
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && Path(`/`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.tls=true
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.middlewares=zitadel-root-rewrite
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.service=zitadel-login
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-root-websecure.priority=400
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-web.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && PathPrefix(`/ui/v2/login`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-web.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-web.service=zitadel-login
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-web.priority=250
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-websecure.rule=Host(`${ZITADEL_DOMAIN}`) && PathPrefix(`/ui/v2/login`)
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-websecure.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-websecure.tls=true
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-websecure.service=zitadel-login
- traefik.http.routers.zitadel-login-websecure.priority=250
postgres:
image: ${POSTGRES_IMAGE}
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_ADMIN_USER}
POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
healthcheck:
test:
- CMD-SHELL
- pg_isready -d ${POSTGRES_DB} -U ${POSTGRES_ADMIN_USER}
interval: 10s
timeout: 30s
retries: 10
start_period: 20s
volumes:
- postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
networks:
- zitadel
redis:
image: ${REDIS_IMAGE}
restart: unless-stopped
profiles:
- cache
command:
- --save
- ""
- --appendonly
- "no"
networks:
- zitadel
otel-collector:
image: ${OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE}
restart: unless-stopped
profiles:
- observability
command:
- --config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml
volumes:
- ./otel-collector-config.yaml:/etc/otelcol/config.yaml:ro
networks:
- zitadel
networks:
zitadel:
name: zitadel
volumes:
postgres-data:
zitadel-bootstrap: