Uptime Kuma

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

Self-hosted uptime monitoring tool with a beautiful dashboard, status pages, and multi-channel notifications.


Port	`3001`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma`
Daemonless	daemonless/uptime-kuma
Source	louislam/uptime-kuma
Website	uptime.kuma.pet

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman AppJail

Compose CLI Ansible

services:
  uptime-kuma:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma:latest"
    container_name: uptime-kuma
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER=1
      - UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC=1
      - PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1
      - DATA_DIR=/config
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/uptime-kuma:/config"
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets: "true"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

podman run -d --name uptime-kuma \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER=1 \
  -e UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC=1 \
  -e PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 \
  -e DATA_DIR=/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/uptime-kuma:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma:latest

- name: Deploy uptime-kuma
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: uptime-kuma
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER: "1"
      UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC: "1"
      PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: "1"
      DATA_DIR: "/config"
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/uptime-kuma:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.raw_sockets: "true"

Director CLI

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=uptime-kuma
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER=1
UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC=1
PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1
DATA_DIR=/config

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  uptime-kuma:
    name: uptime_kuma
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '3001:3001 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER: !ENV '${UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER}'
        - UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC: !ENV '${UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC}'
        - PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: !ENV '${PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD}'
        - DATA_DIR: !ENV '${DATA_DIR}'
    volumes:
      - UPTIME_KUMA_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  UPTIME_KUMA_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/uptime-kuma'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma:${tag}
SET allow.raw_sockets=1

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="3001:3001 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER=1 \
  -e UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC=1 \
  -e PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 \
  -e DATA_DIR=/config \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/uptime-kuma /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/uptime-kuma:latest uptime-kuma

Access at: http://localhost:3001

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
`UPTIME_KUMA_IS_CONTAINER`	`1`
`UPTIME_KUMA_ALLOW_ALL_CHROME_EXEC`	`1`
`PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD`	`1`
`DATA_DIR`	`/config`

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Data directory (database, settings)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`3001`	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 15.1).

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