Access

Open your browser and visit: https://<SERVER_IP>
A browser SSL warning is expected (self-signed certificate)
Click Login
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.

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