bitnami-containers/bitnami/appsmith

Bitnami Secure Image for Appsmith

What is Appsmith?

Appsmith is an open source platform for building and maintaining internal tools, such as custom dashboards, admin panels or CRUD apps.

Overview of Appsmith Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

docker run -it --name appsmith bitnami/appsmith:latest

Why use Bitnami Secure Images?

Those are hardened, minimal CVE images built and maintained by Bitnami. Bitnami Secure Images are based on the cloud-optimized, security-hardened enterprise OS Photon Linux. Why choose BSI images?

• Hardened secure images of popular open source software with Near-Zero Vulnerabilities
• Vulnerability Triage & Prioritization with VEX Statements, KEV and EPSS Scores
• Compliance focus with FIPS, STIG, and air-gap options, including secure bill of materials (SBOM)
• Software supply chain provenance attestation through in-toto
• First class support for the internet’s favorite Helm charts

Each image comes with valuable security metadata. You can view the metadata in our public catalog here. Note: Some data is only available with commercial subscriptions to BSI.

If you are looking for our previous generation of images based on Debian Linux, please see the Bitnami Legacy registry.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the tags-info.yaml file present in the branch folder, i.e bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml.

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Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Appsmith Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/appsmith:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/appsmith:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .

Maintenance

Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Appsmith, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

Step 1: Get the updated image

docker pull bitnami/appsmith:latest

or if you're using Docker Compose, update the value of the image property to bitnami/appsmith:latest.

Step 2: Remove the currently running container

docker rm -v appsmith

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose rm -v appsmith

Step 3: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image.

docker run --name appsmith bitnami/appsmith:latest

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose up appsmith

Configuration

Environment variables

Customizable environment variables

Name	Description	Default Value
ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD	Allow an empty password.	no
APPSMITH_USERNAME	Appsmith default username.	user
APPSMITH_PASSWORD	Appsmith default password.	bitnami123
APPSMITH_EMAIL	Appsmith default email.	user@example.com
APPSMITH_MODE	Appsmith service to run (can be backend, client or UI).	backend
APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD	Appsmith database encryption password.	bitnami123
APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALT	Appsmith database encryption salt.	nil
APPSMITH_API_HOST	Appsmith API host.	appsmith-api
APPSMITH_API_PORT	Appsmith API port.	8080
APPSMITH_UI_HTTP_PORT	Appsmith UI HTTP port.	8080
APPSMITH_UI_HTTPS_PORT	Appsmith UI HTTPS port.	8443
APPSMITH_RTS_HOST	Appsmith RTS port.	appsmith-rts
APPSMITH_RTS_PORT	Appsmith RTS port.	8091
APPSMITH_DATABASE_HOST	Database server hosts (comma-separated list).	mongodb
APPSMITH_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER	Database server port.	27017
APPSMITH_DATABASE_NAME	Database name.	bitnami_appsmith
APPSMITH_DATABASE_USER	Database user name.	bn_appsmith
APPSMITH_DATABASE_PASSWORD	Database user password.	nil
APPSMITH_DATABASE_INIT_DELAY	Time to wait before the database is actually ready.	0
APPSMITH_REDIS_HOST	Redis server host.	redis
APPSMITH_REDIS_PORT_NUMBER	Redis server port.	6379
APPSMITH_REDIS_PASSWORD	Redis user password.	nil
APPSMITH_STARTUP_TIMEOUT	Appsmith startup check timeout.	120
APPSMITH_STARTUP_ATTEMPTS	Appsmith startup check attempts.	5
APPSMITH_DATA_TO_PERSIST	Data to persist from installations.	$APPSMITH_CONF_FILE

Read-only environment variables

Name	Description	Value
APPSMITH_BASE_DIR	Appsmith installation directory.	${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/appsmith
APPSMITH_VOLUME_DIR	Appsmith volume directory.	/bitnami/appsmith
APPSMITH_LOG_DIR	Appsmith logs directory.	${APPSMITH_BASE_DIR}/logs
APPSMITH_LOG_FILE	Appsmith log file.	${APPSMITH_LOG_DIR}/appsmith.log
APPSMITH_CONF_DIR	Appsmith configuration directory.	${APPSMITH_BASE_DIR}/conf
APPSMITH_DEFAULT_CONF_DIR	Appsmith default configuration directory.	${APPSMITH_BASE_DIR}/conf.default
APPSMITH_CONF_FILE	Appsmith configuration file.	${APPSMITH_CONF_DIR}/docker.env
APPSMITH_TMP_DIR	Appsmith temporary directory.	${APPSMITH_BASE_DIR}/tmp
APPSMITH_PID_FILE	Appsmith PID file.	${APPSMITH_TMP_DIR}/appsmith.pid
APPSMITH_GIT_ROOT	Git root path for Appsmith Git repositories.	${APPSMITH_BASE_DIR}/git-storage
APPSMITH_DAEMON_USER	Appsmith daemon system user.	appsmith
APPSMITH_DAEMON_GROUP	Appsmith daemon system group.	appsmith

When you start the Appsmith image, you can adjust the configuration of the instance by passing one or more environment variables either on the docker-compose file or on the docker run command line. Please note that some variables are only considered when the container is started for the first time. If you want to add a new environment variable:

• For docker-compose add the variable name and value under the application section in the docker-compose.yml file present in this repository:

  appsmith-api:
    ...
    environment:
      - APPSMITH_PASSWORD=my_password
    ...
  

• For manual execution add a --env option with each variable and value:

  $ docker run -d --name appsmith-api -p 80:8080 -p 443:8443 \
    --env APPSMITH_PASSWORD=my_password \
    --env APPSMITH_MODE=backend \
    --network appsmith-tier \
    --volume /path/to/appsmith-persistence:/bitnami \
    bitnami/appsmith:latest
  

Available environment variables:

Run mode

Appsmith supports three running modes:

• Backend: The Appsmith API. It is the essential functional element of Appsmith.
• RTS: Necessary for performing real-time editing of the applications created by Appsmith.
• Client: Contains the UI of Appsmith. This is the main entrypoint for users.

The running mode is defined via the APPSMITH_MODE environment variable. The possible values are backend, rts and client.

Connect Appsmith container to an existing database

The Bitnami Appsmith container supports connecting the Appsmith application to an external database. This would be an example of using an external database for Appsmith.

• Modify the docker-compose.yml file present in this repository:

     appsmith:
       ...
       environment:
  -      - APPSMITH_DATABASE_HOST=mongodb
  +      - APPSMITH_DATABASE_HOST=mongodb_host
         - APPSMITH_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER=27017
         - APPSMITH_DATABASE_NAME=appsmith_db
         - APPSMITH_DATABASE_USER=appsmith_user
  -      - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes
  +      - APPSMITH_DATABASE_PASSWORD=appsmith_password
       ...
  

• For manual execution:

  $ docker run -d --name appsmith\
    -p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
    --network appsmith-network \
    --env APPSMITH_DATABASE_HOST=mongodb_host \
    --env APPSMITH_DATABASE_PORT_NUMBER=27017 \
    --env APPSMITH_DATABASE_NAME=appsmith_db \
    --env APPSMITH_DATABASE_USER=appsmith_user \
    --env APPSMITH_DATABASE_PASSWORD=appsmith_password \
    --volume appsmith_data:/bitnami/appsmith \
    bitnami/appsmith:latest
  

FIPS configuration in Bitnami Secure Images

The Bitnami Appsmith Docker image from the Bitnami Secure Images catalog includes extra features and settings to configure the container with FIPS capabilities. You can configure the next environment variables:

• OPENSSL_FIPS: whether OpenSSL runs in FIPS mode or not. yes (default), no.

Logging

The Bitnami Appsmith Docker image sends the container logs to stdout. To view the logs:

docker logs wordpress

Or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose logs wordpress

You can configure the containers logging driver using the --log-driver option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file driver.

Using docker-compose.yaml

Please be aware this file has not undergone internal testing. Consequently, we advise its use exclusively for development or testing purposes. For production-ready deployments, we highly recommend utilizing its associated Bitnami Helm chart.

If you detect any issue in the docker-compose.yaml file, feel free to report it or contribute with a fix by following our Contributing Guidelines.

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this Docker image. You can request new features by creating an issue or submitting a pull request with your contribution.

Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

License

Copyright © 2025 Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.