Stacks

Self-contained Docker Compose stacks for pivoine.art infrastructure.

Each stack is independently deployable with its own compose.yml and .env. All persistent data lives in ../.data/<stack>/.

Stacks

Stack	Description	Services
traefik	Reverse proxy, TLS termination	traefik
mailpit	SMTP relay (no web UI)	mailpit
umami	Web analytics	umami, db
immich	Photo & video management	immich, ml, redis, db
n8n	Workflow automation & notification relay	n8n, db
gitea	Git hosting + CI runner	gitea, runner, db
coolify	Deployment platform	coolify, realtime, redis, db
passbolt	Password manager (GPG-encrypted, team sharing)	passbolt, db
code	Browser-based VS Code IDE with Anthropic API access	code

Tools

File	Description
stacks.sh	CLI to manage stacks, services, scaffolding, updates, and backups
.env	Root config: WEBHOOK_URL, RESTIC_REPOSITORY, RESTIC_PASSWORD (gitignored)
.env.example	Template for the root .env

stacks.sh

stacks.sh is the primary management CLI. It wraps docker compose with glob-based multi-stack targeting, manages the update and backup systemd services, scaffolds new stacks, and generates shell completions.

./stacks.sh help

Stack commands — all accept one or more stack names or glob patterns (omit for all stacks):

./stacks.sh ls                        # list all stacks with live container status
./stacks.sh ps gitea                  # container status table
./stacks.sh up                        # start all stacks
./stacks.sh up gitea traefik          # start specific stacks
./stacks.sh down 'g*'                 # stop stacks matching glob
./stacks.sh restart 'g*,traefik'      # glob + exact name, comma-separated
./stacks.sh pull --parallel           # pull all images in parallel
./stacks.sh logs -f gitea             # follow logs
./stacks.sh logs -n 100 gitea n8n    # tail multiple stacks
./stacks.sh exec gitea gitea gitea admin user list  # exec in container
./stacks.sh run passbolt passbolt bin/cake passbolt healthcheck

Service management (reads WEBHOOK_URL, RESTIC_REPOSITORY, RESTIC_PASSWORD from root .env):

./stacks.sh update install     # write & enable systemd update timer
./stacks.sh update run         # run update now
./stacks.sh update status      # show timer/service status
./stacks.sh update logs        # show journal logs

./stacks.sh backup install     # write & enable systemd backup timer
./stacks.sh backup run         # run backup now (auto-detects <stack>_db containers)
./stacks.sh backup snapshots   # list restic snapshots

Scaffold a new stack:

./stacks.sh new myapp                      # basic stack with Traefik labels
./stacks.sh new myapp --db postgres        # with Postgres service
./stacks.sh new myapp --db postgres --redis  # with Postgres + Redis
./stacks.sh new myapp --no-traefik         # expose port instead of Traefik

Generates compose.yml (with healthchecks, ../.data/ volumes, Traefik labels) and .env.example.

Shell completion:

# Dynamic — discovers stacks at tab-complete time (default)
./stacks.sh completion zsh --install

# Static — bakes current stack list in; useful on the VPS
./stacks.sh completion zsh --static --install

Global flags: --dry-run, --parallel, --verbose, --quiet

Deployment

# Copy example env and fill in secrets
cp <stack>/.env.example <stack>/.env

# Sync a stack to VPS
rsync -avz <stack>/ vps:~/stacks/<stack>/

# Start a stack
ssh vps 'cd ~/stacks/<stack> && docker compose up -d'

Network

All stacks share the external falcon_network Docker network for inter-service communication (e.g. traefik routing, mailpit SMTP).

Backup

Runs daily at 3:00 AM via a systemd timer. Detects Postgres databases automatically by convention (<stack>_db container, user <stack>, database <stack>), dumps each one, then runs a full restic backup of .data/. Retention: 7 daily, 4 weekly, 6 monthly. Notifications go to Telegram via n8n.

# First-time setup on VPS
cp .env.example .env && $EDITOR .env  # set RESTIC_REPOSITORY, RESTIC_PASSWORD, WEBHOOK_URL
restic init  # initialise restic repo (uses vars from .env)

./stacks.sh backup install   # write & enable systemd unit + timer
./stacks.sh backup run       # test run
./stacks.sh backup snapshots # list snapshots
./stacks.sh backup status    # timer/service status
./stacks.sh backup logs      # journald logs

Updates

Runs nightly at 2:00 AM via a systemd timer. Pulls the latest image for every stack, recreates any container whose image changed, prunes dangling images, and sends a Telegram notification via n8n.

./stacks.sh update install   # write & enable systemd unit + timer
./stacks.sh update run       # test run
./stacks.sh update status    # timer/service status
./stacks.sh update logs      # journald logs

Notifications

The update script and the backup script both POST to an n8n webhook, which forwards messages to Telegram.

The webhook URL is set in:

• _backup/.env → WEBHOOK_URL
• _update/.env → WEBHOOK_URL

Both point to the same n8n workflow at https://n8n.pivoine.art. The workflow accepts { "message": "..." } and forwards it to Telegram.

Data

Persistent data is stored in ~/stacks/.data/<stack>/ on the VPS using bind mounts. Database stacks use dedicated Postgres instances with simple credentials.