Actual Budget Installation

Themes: Data Ownership, Server
Status: 🌱
Tags: resource

Actual

Actual is a budgeting applicaiton with functionality similar to YNAB.

1. Open VSCode.
2. Navigate to the actual folder and create a docker compose file.

cd actual
nano docker-compose.yml

3. Nano will open an empty file in the main window of VS Code. Paste following the configuration into the this file then save using CTRL or ⌘ + S.

services:  
actual_server:  
image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:latest  
ports:  
- "5006:5006"  
volumes:  
- ./actual-data:/data  
restart: unless-stopped

4. Start the docker container.

sudo docker compose up -d

5. Nagivate to the NGINX admin page using a web browser https://npm.domain.org
6. Click “Host”.
7. Click “Proxy Hosts”.
8. Click “Add Proxy Host” and fill out the following:
   • Domain Names: actual.domain.org
   • Scheme: http
   • Forward Hostname / IP: server’s IPv4
   • Forward Port: 5006
9. Enable “Block Common Exploits”.
10. Click on “SSL” .
11. Select “*.domain.org” from the drop down.
12. Enable all 4 options.
13. Click “Save”.
14. Record the port 5006 in the Server Administration note under Actual Budget.

Congratulations! The Server is Live

Check if everything is working

1. Visit https://actual.domain.org

Back Matter

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