Supabase automated self host

Deploy a self-hosted Supabase instance with Authelia for 2-factor authentication (2FA) and Nginx or Caddy as a reverse proxy, all with ONE bash script!

When using nginx, this project leverages docker-nginx-certbot image which handles requesting and renewing SSL certificates automatically.

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Prerequisites

• A Linux Machine with docker installed: This can be a server or any personal computer running Linux with at least 1 GB RAM and 25 GB Disk space. The script has been tested only on Linux/WSL.

• Own Domain (optional): Required only if you're going to expose supabase services to the internet. You can get one for free from noip. Otherwise you can also run supabase locally (more on this in setup instructions)

Setup Instructions

If you prefer a visual guide, check out this video where I deploy a self hosted supabase instance with Authelia to AWS in a few minutes:

1. Download setup.sh script

    curl -o setup.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/singh-inder/supabase-automated-self-host/refs/heads/main/setup.sh

2. Make script executable

    chmod +x setup.sh

3. Execute script

   👉 If you only want basic username and password authentication

   sudo ./setup.sh

   👉 If you want 2-factor authentication setup with authelia

   sudo ./setup.sh --with-authelia

   👉 To use nginx as reverse proxy:

   sudo ./setup.sh --proxy nginx

   For more, you can run script with --help flag:

   sudo ./setup.sh --help

   During script execution, you'll be prompted to enter some details:

   • Enter your domain: Enter the domain name where you want to access the supabase dashboard or make api calls. Make sure to specify the http or https protocol. For example: https://supabase.example.com

     ⭐ If you want to setup supabase locally, refer to this Guide

   • Enter username: Enter your username.

   • Enter password: Enter your password.

   • Do you want to send confirmation emails to register users? [y/n]:

     • If you enter "yes", You'll need to set up your own SMTP server to handle emails. You can read more about it in supabase docs or checkout my YouTube video for a practical walkthrough on setting up emails.

     • If you enter "no", users will be able to signup with their email & password without any email verification. Perfect for testing things out.

   The following additional prompts have to be answered only if you've enabled --with-authelia flag:

   • Enter email: Used by authelia for setting up 2-factor auth / reset password flow.

     ⭐ If you're not going to setup an SMTP server, you can enter any email here. When not using SMTP server, you can easily view codes sent by authelia in docker/volumes/authelia/notifications.txt

   • Enter Display Name: Used by authelia in emails and dashboard.

   • Do you want to setup redis with authelia? [y/n]: By default, authelia stores session data in memory. If authelia container dies for some reason every user logged into supabase dashboard will be logged out. If you're going to production, Authelia team recommends to use redis.

Thats it!

After script completes successfully, cd into supabase-automated-self-host/docker directory and run docker compose up -d. Wait for containers to be healthy and you're good to go. To access dashboard outside your network, make sure that your firewall allows traffic on ports 80 and 443.

How this differs from coolify:

• Coolify is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that provides hosting solutions for various applications, while this project only sets up supabase with nginx/caddy and authelia.

• Coolify needs at least 2 GB RAM and 30 GB of disk space. Supabase itself only needs 1 GB ram and 25 GB disk space to start.

• With coolify, you're only getting basic username password auth. No 2FA.

• This project configures nginx or caddy as a reverse proxy.

• This script is definitely going to be faster than setting up through a GUI.

Where to ask for help?

• Open a new issue
• X/Twitter
• or stop by my Discord server anytime.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Note: This project isn't officially supported by Supabase. For any information regarding Supabase itself you can refer to their docs.

Contributions

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests if you have suggestions or improvements.