Self-hosted Thin Backend

Run it your way: Deploy Thin on your own infrastructure in less than 5 minutes.

Running Thin locally requires docker to be installed. If you haven't installed docker yet, follow the install instructions on the docker website before you continue.

1. Create a new file docker-compose.yml:

   services:
     db:
       image: postgres:alpine3.16
       restart: always
       environment:
         POSTGRES_PASSWORD: examplepassword
       ports:
         - '5432:5432'
     thin:
       image: downloads.digitallyinduced.com/digitallyinduced/thin-backend:latest
       restart: always
       ports:
         - 8000:8000
       depends_on:
         - db
       environment:
         DATABASE_URL: "postgres://postgres:examplepassword@db/postgres"
         TYPE_DEFINITONS_BASE_PATH: "$PWD"
       volumes:
         - ".:/home/app/Application:rw"
   

2. Now you can start the database and Thin Backend with docker-compose:

   docker compose up
   

3. Thin Backend is now running at http://localhost:8000.

First Start

On first start Thin will automatically generate a few files in the working directory:

It's recommended to keep all these files (except the Types/ directory) in git.

Connecting a Frontend

The self hosted Thin works very similiar to the Cloud version at thin.dev, so you can follow all the other Guides and it should just work as expected. Make sure to use http://localhost:8000 as your Backend url.

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