Heimdall

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Heimdall Host Port
Heimdall /config Path

An Application dashboard and launcher — organize all your web apps and services in one place.


Port	`80`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/heimdall`
Daemonless	daemonless/heimdall
Source	linuxserver/Heimdall
Website	heimdall.site

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  heimdall:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/heimdall:latest
    container_name: heimdall
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/heimdall:/config"
    ports:
      - 80:80
    restart: unless-stopped

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=heimdall
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  heimdall:
    name: heimdall
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - HEIMDALL_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  HEIMDALL_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/heimdall'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/heimdall:${tag}

podman run -d --name heimdall \
  -p 80:80 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/heimdall:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/heimdall:latest

- name: Deploy heimdall
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: heimdall
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/heimdall:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/heimdall:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:80

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration directory (database, .env, storage)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`80`	TCP	Web UI

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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