atuin/docs/server.md

atuin server

Atuin allows you to run your own sync server, in case you don't want to use the one I host :)

There's currently only one subcommand, atuin server start which will start the Atuin http sync server

USAGE:
    atuin server start [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
        --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -h, --host <host>
    -p, --port <port>

Configuration

The config for the server is kept separate from the config for the client, even though they are the same binary. Server config can be found at ~/.config/atuin/server.toml.

It looks something like this:

host = "0.0.0.0"
port = 8888
open_registration = true
db_uri="postgres://user:password@hostname/database"

Alternatively, configuration can also be provided with environment variables.

ATUIN_HOST="0.0.0.0"
ATUIN_PORT=8888
ATUIN_OPEN_REGISTRATION=true
ATUIN_DB_URI="postgres://user:password@hostname/database"

host

The host address the atuin server should listen on.

Defaults to 127.0.0.1.

port

The post the atuin server should listen on.

Defaults to 8888.

open_registration

If true, atuin will accept new user registrations. Set this to false after making your own account if you don't want others to be able to use your server.

Defaults to false.

db_uri

A valid postgres URI, where the user and history data will be saved to.

Docker

There is a supplied docker image to make deploying a server as a container easier.

docker run -d -v "$USER/.config/atuin:/config" ghcr.io/ellie/atuin:latest server start

Docker Compose

Using the already build docker image hosting your own Atuin can be done using the supplied docker-compose file.

Create a .env file next to docker-compose.yml with contents like this:

ATUIN_DB_USERNAME=atuin
# Choose your own secure password
ATUIN_DB_PASSWORD=really-insecure

Create a docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.5'
services:
  atuin:
    restart: always
    image: ghcr.io/ellie/atuin:main
    command: server start
    volumes:
      - "./config:/config"
    links:
      - postgresql:db
    ports:
      - 8888:8888
    environment:
      ATUIN_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
      ATUIN_OPEN_REGISTRATION: "true"
      ATUIN_DB_URI: postgres://$ATUIN_DB_USERNAME:$ATUIN_DB_PASSWORD@db/atuin
  postgresql:
    image: postgres:14
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes: # Don't remove permanent storage for index database files!
      - "./database:/var/lib/postgresql/data/"
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: $ATUIN_DB_USERNAME
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: $ATUIN_DB_PASSWORD
      POSTGRES_DB: atuin

Start the services using docker-compose:

docker-compose up -d

Using systemd to manage your atuin server

The following systemd unit file to manage your docker-compose managed service:

[Unit]
Description=Docker Compose Atuin Service
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service

[Service]
# Where the docker-compose file is located
WorkingDirectory=/srv/atuin-server 
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker-compose up
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker-compose down
TimeoutStartSec=0
Restart=on-failure
StartLimitBurst=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start and enable the service with:

systemctl enable --now atuin

Check if its running with:

systemctl status atuin