Merge pull request #535 from solidnerd/rjh_update

rjhenry · web-flow · commit 6b6269edf4d4 · 2025-03-25T14:33:35.000Z
feat: change default APP_URL value
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@ Note that if you want to use LDAP, `$` has to be escape like `\$`, i.e. `-e "LDA
    -e DB_DATABASE=bookstack \
    -e DB_USERNAME=bookstack \
    -e DB_PASSWORD=secret \
-   -e APP_URL=http://example.com \
+   -e APP_URL=http://localhost:8080 \
    -e APP_KEY=SomeRandomStringWith32Characters \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    --name="bookstack_25.2.1" \
     solidnerd/bookstack:25.2.1
    ```
 
     The APP_URL parameter should be the base URL for your BookStack instance without
-    a trailing slash. For example:
+    a trailing slash, but including any port numbers. For example:
 
-    `APP_URL=http://example.com`
+    `APP_URL=http://example.com` or `APP_URL=http://localhost:8080`.
 
     The following environment variables are required for Bookstack to start:
     - `APP_KEY`
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ services:
     - DB_DATABASE=bookstack
     - DB_USERNAME=bookstack
     - DB_PASSWORD=secret
-    #set the APP_ to the URL of bookstack without without a trailing slash APP_URL=https://example.com
-    - APP_URL=http://example.com
+    # Set the APP_ to the URL of bookstack without without a trailing slash,
+    # but including any port numbers. For example, one of:
+    # APP_URL=https://example.com
+    # APP_URL=http://localhost:8080
+    # APP_URL=https://wiki.example.com:8443
+    - APP_URL=http://localhost:8080
     # APP_KEY is used for encryption where needed, so needs to be persisted to
     # preserve decryption abilities.
     # Can run `php artisan key:generate` to generate a key
