Self-Host Stirling-PDF with Docker Compose
Stirling-PDF is a powerful locally hosted one-stop-shop web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files such as splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing, and OCR.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
version: '3.8'
services:
stirling-pdf:
image: frooodle/s-pdf:latest
container_name: stirling-pdf
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8080:8080"
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
- TZ=UTC
volumes:
- stirling-pdf_data:/data
volumes:
stirling-pdf_data:
driver: localdocker-compose.yml and run:
docker compose up -d
Key Environment Variables
Recommended baseline environment configuration for this container
| Variable Name | Default / Recommended Value |
|---|---|
| DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY | false |
| INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS | true |
| LANGS | en_GB |
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