Kener

Access

1. Open your browser and visit: https://<SERVER_IP>
2. A browser SSL warning is expected (self-signed certificate)
3. Click Login
4. Create your admin account

Important Files and Directories

• Kener installation directory: /root/kener
• Environment file: /root/kener/.env
• Docker Compose file: /root/kener/docker-compose.yml
• Redis data volume: /var/lib/docker/volumes/kener_redis/_data
• PostgreSQL data volume: /var/lib/docker/volumes/kener_postgres/_data
• Nginx site config: /etc/nginx/sites-available/kener
• Enabled site: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/kener
• SSL certificates: /etc/nginx/ssl/fullchain.pem and /etc/nginx/ssl/privkey.pem

Service Management

# View logs
docker compose -f /root/kener/docker-compose.yml logs -f

# Restart services
docker compose -f /root/kener/docker-compose.yml restart

# Stop services
docker compose -f /root/kener/docker-compose.yml down

# Start again
docker compose -f /root/kener/docker-compose.yml up -d

Enabling SSL with a Domain

1. Point your domain to the server IP.

2. Edit /root/kener/.env to set your domain as ORIGIN: ORIGIN=https://yourdomain.com

3. Recreate the services:

cd /root/kener/
docker compose up -d

4. 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/kener

5. Install Certbot:

apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx

6. 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

7. Replace SSL paths in Nginx config:

vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/kener
# 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;

8. Restart Nginx to apply the changes:

systemctl restart nginx

9. Open your browser and visit: https://yourdomain.com

10. After logging in, go to Site Configuration and update the Site URL field to match your domain (https://yourdomain.com).

Notes

• Redis is used for queues and caching
• PostgreSQL stores all application data
• Public URL is defined via ORIGIN in .env (required for CSRF protection)
• Nginx handles HTTPS and reverse proxy
• Once you configure a proper domain name and SSL certificate, update Kener’s Site URL to match your domain. Make sure the domain and SSL are active first-updating the Site URL before that may not work correctly.