Manual Setup

There is no supported setup path that skips the release bundle.

docker-compose.yml deliberately has no server image of its own. It requires SILENTSUITE_SERVER_IMAGE, and the only place that value comes from is server-image.json inside a verified release bundle. Downloading docker-compose.yml and .env.example from main cannot supply it, so those instructions have been removed rather than left as a path that stops at the first docker compose up.

Use the installer

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silent-suite/silentsuite/main/self-host/install.sh | bash

The installer resolves a published release, verifies the bundle checksum, the manifest, the archive contents, and the registry image identity, then writes the verified digest into .env. See Quick Start for the full walkthrough, including the reverse-proxy step that follows it.

Audit a release before installing it

If what you wanted from manual setup was to see exactly what will be installed, stage it instead. This runs the release-metadata, tag-to-commit, checksum, manifest and archive checks and writes the verified files out. It does not pull an image or contact the registry — the live image-identity check happens only during a real install:

bash install.sh --version vX.Y.Z --stage-only ./silentsuite-vX.Y.Z

The staged directory holds the archive, its checksum sidecar, the published manifest, and the verified bundle contents. Read them, then run the installer when you are satisfied.

Configure it yourself afterwards

Every environment variable remains yours to set. Edit .env in the installed directory and recreate the containers:

cd silentsuite-server
$EDITOR .env
docker compose up -d

Variable	What to set
ALLOWED_HOSTS	Your domain, e.g., sync.example.com,localhost
TRUSTED_PROXY_IPS	Your reverse proxy's exact IP, if it runs in Docker
SILENTSUITE_SERVER_IMAGE	Leave alone -- the verified image digest the installer wrote

See the Configuration Reference for all available options.

A note on scope

This installs a fresh instance. There is no supported cross-version update procedure yet; see Updating for what is and is not supported today.

Next Steps

• Configuration -- full reference for all environment variables.
• Admin Dashboard -- manage your instance via the web app.
• Backup & Restore -- protect your data.