Submitted 1 year ago by cichy1173@szmer.info to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Do any of you self-host Overleaf? I know there is a Docker project, but from what I’ve heard it’s not easy to install. The Yunohost version used to work but didn’t support file upload, so that makes it bad too.
Have any of you successfully installed Overleaf with e.g. Docker and it works just fine? If so, could any of you share e.g. the Docker Compose file?
There’s some tinkering with their docker-compose.yml to make it work. Here’s mine you can copy if you want to get it up and running. I don’t use nginx or any reverse-proxy btw:
services: sharelatex: restart: always image: sharelatex/sharelatex depends_on: mongo: condition: service_healthy redis: condition: service_started ports: - *DESIRED_PORT*:80 links: - mongo - redis stop_grace_period: 60s volumes: - data:/var/lib/sharelatex environment: SHARELATEX_APP_NAME: Overleaf Community Edition SHARELATEX_MONGO_URL: mongodb://mongo/sharelatex SHARELATEX_REDIS_HOST: redis REDIS_HOST: redis ENABLED_LINKED_FILE_TYPES: 'project_file,project_output_file' ENABLE_CONVERSIONS: 'true' EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_DISABLED: 'true' mongo: command: "--replSet overleaf" restart: always image: mongo:4.4 expose: - 27017 volumes: - mongo_data:/data/db healthcheck: test: echo 'db.stats().ok' | mongo localhost:27017/test --quiet interval: 10s timeout: 10s retries: 5 redis: restart: always image: redis:6.2 expose: - 6379 volumes: - redis_data:/data volumes: data: mongo_data: redis_data:
Some of my documents relied on certain packages which don’t come with Docker image. You will need to run docker exec sharelatex-sharelatex-1 tlmgr install scheme-full so that you can render your documents properly if they utilize certain packages.
Are the packages installed to a persistent volume? Or do they need to be reinstalled after recreating the container?
I checked the volumes that I included in the compose file, and looked for either a texlive, tlmgr or a package folder and didn’t find anything. I think it’s safe to assume that you would need to reinstall the packages if you recreated the containers.
This is a problem that I didn’t consider. I will try to make an update to my compose file that will keep the packages persistent.
Texstudio + git > Overleaf
I tried another TeX editors, but I had some problems with packages that I need in my documents :(. But I would left Overleaf bc it is really heavy software.
Check out their quick start guide here, it looks very helpful to me: github.com/overleaf/…/quick-start-guide.md
I would guess that you need to learn more about Docker usage in general, rather than just looking for a Docker Compose file (which is here, by the way). I’m kind of on a similar journey, and what I’ve learned so far is that you (usually) can’t just copy and paste a Compose script and go. It helps a lot to understand the basics of what you’re doing.
I found this video helpful, but others might have better suggestions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg19Z8LL06w
Also, I’d like to point out that Overleaf’s hosting and pricing options are quite reasonable, especially if you’re working for a university or institution: www.overleaf.com/user/subscription/plans
Also, I’d like to point out that Overleaf’s hosting and pricing options are quite reasonable, especially if you’re working for a university or institution: www.overleaf.com/user/subscription/plans
While I did take advantage of Overleaf Pro during my university days since they offered it to us for free, I don’t have it anymore after graduating, and so I’m missing some features which their free tier doesn’t have.
By self-hosting I’m given better control, and all those features I once had before.
Also, the whole point of this community is to kind of avoid avoid relying on third-party hosting🙂
I would guess that you need to learn more about Docker usage in general, rather than just looking for a Docker Compose file
Yeah, I don’t really like using Docker so I always go for easier option, but my friend uses Docker a lot and also had troubles with Overleaf.
Also, I’d like to point out that Overleaf’s hosting and pricing options are quite reasonable, especially if you’re working for a university or institution: www.overleaf.com/user/subscription/plans
I don’t work for university, but I am a student that needs Latex. Overleaf free plan got really bad, even my thesis cannot be compiled now and Overleaf pricing isn’t really great.
I don’t really like using Docker so I always go for easier option
Usually docker is the easiest option as you don’t have to install a lot of dependencies, then set up other services and databases and whatnot. Especially if you use docker-compose.
Right, Docker can definitely be a daunting system to learn, but it’s the standard because it’s so reliable and flexible. I’ve been using CasaOS because it’s basically Docker on easy mode, with limited package support, but I’ve decided recently that I really should really just learn how to use Docker properly.
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| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
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Will you shut up man, I think everyone here fucking knows what http is
I know I know it’s a bot and I will block it but who tf came up with this idea
Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Wait, there’s an option to host Overleaf locally? Is there any cost associated with this, or any restrictions on the number of users?
cichy1173@szmer.info 1 year ago
yeah, it is available in yunohost catalog apps.yunohost.org/app/overleaf and as Docker project.