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added simpler docker commands, added init-devusers.php info
poef Jun 19, 2026
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use the existing init script
ylebre Jul 7, 2026
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Expand Up @@ -10,27 +10,34 @@ For the user management, no framework is used to keep the codebase lean.
Start the docker containers:

```sh
docker-compose up
docker compose up
```

This will start up three containers: the solid server, pubsub server and a mailpit server. If you have an actual SMTP server running, feel free to remove the mailpit container.
The persisted data will be stored in the data/ directory. This contains the keys, pods, db and mailpit data.

Run the following commands to set up the container (replace 'solid' below with the name of your container):
Note: Update the values in the config.php file where needed befure running the init script.
Run the following commands to set up the container:
Note: Update the values in the config.php file where needed before running the init script.

```sh
docker exec -w /opt/solid/ solid cp config.php.example config.php
docker exec -u www-data -i -w /opt/solid/ solid php init.php
docker exec -w /opt/solid/ solid chown -R www-data:www-data keys pods profiles db
docker compose exec -w /opt/solid/ solid cp config.php.example config.php
docker compose exec -w /opt/solid/ solid chown -R www-data:www-data keys pods profiles db
docker compose exec -u www-data -i -w /opt/solid/ solid php init.php
```

If you need dev user accounts bob and alice, also run this:

```sh
docker compose exec -u www-data -i -w /opt/solid/ solid php tests/testsuite/init-testsuite.php
docker compose exec -w /opt/solid/ solid chown -R www-data:www-data keys pods profiles db # again
```

Now add the following host to your `/etc/hosts` file:
```
127.0.0.1 solid.local
```

And browser to `https://solid.local/`. After you register a new account, you'll get an identity and storage hostname, add these to `/etc/hosts` as well, e.g:
And browse to `https://solid.local/`. After you register a new account, you'll get an identity and storage hostname, add these to `/etc/hosts` as well, e.g:
```
127.0.0.1 id-d1f0e8c54e755cb45b61ee8e9dad00fe.solid.local storage-d1f0e8c54e755cb45b61ee8e9dad00fe.solid.local
```
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