Accessing Trilium
- Open your browser and visit:
https://<SERVER-IP> - Accept SSL warning (self-signed certificate).
- Follow the initial setup.
Important Files & Directories
- Deployment directory:
/opt/trilium - Trilium data (persistent):
/opt/trilium/trilium-data - Docker Compose file:
/opt/trilium/docker-compose.yml - Nginx site config:
/etc/nginx/sites-available/trilium
Service Management
Trilium (Docker):
cd /opt/trilium
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f
docker compose restart
Nginx:
systemctl status nginx
systemctl restart nginx
Enabling SSL with a Domain
1. Point your domain to the server IP.
2. Edit Nginx config and replace both server_name <IP>; with your domain (<your-domain>) for both HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) blocks:
vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/trilium
3. Install Certbot:
apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx
4. Run the following command to generate a valid Let’s Encrypt certificate:
certbot certonly --nginx --non-interactive --agree-tos --email [email protected] -d yourdomain.com
5. Replace SSL paths in Nginx config:
vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/trilium
# Before:
# ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/fullchain.pem;
# ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/privkey.pem;
# After:
# ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem;
# ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem;
6. Restart Nginx to apply the changes:
systemctl restart nginx
7. Open your browser and visit: https://yourdomain.com
