From ecbd99eb985aa65d74a18a1165df3d348e15ce0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Froz <taidao90@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 19:04:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add dcts deployment a discord alternative

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+This is a great alternative that's more similar to discord, and is self-hostable. Matrix is difficult and stoat / revolt is not exactly what I wanted.
+
+### Minimum File Structure
+```
+/home/
+└── ~/
+    └── docker/
+        └── dcts/
+            ├── docker-compose.yml
+            ├── livekit.yaml
+```
+### Add to Caddyfile (from ~/docker/caddy)
+Remember to `docker exec -w /etc/caddy caddy caddy reload` after editing your Caddyfile.
+replace `dcts.yourdomain.com` with the actual subdomain you had put in as type A records in your DNS.
+
+```
+dcts.yourdomain.com {
+	reverse_proxy dcts-app:2052
+}
+dctsvc.yourdomain.com {
+	reverse_proxy dcts-livekit:7880
+}
+```
+
+### docker-compose.yml
+Change `YOURDBPASSWORD` in `DB_PASS`, `MARIADB_PASSWORD`, and `MARIA_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD`
+Change `dctsvc.yourdomain.com` with the actual subdomain you had put in as type A records in your DNS.
+
+If you're not hosting on a VPS and are hosting at home make sure you port forward all the necessary external ports like 7881,7882, 3479, 5349.
+
+```
+services:
+  dcts-app:
+    image: ghcr.io/hackthedev/dcts-shipping:latest
+    container_name: dcts-app
+    depends_on:
+      - dcts-db
+      - dcts-livekit
+    environment:
+      - DB_HOST=dcts-db
+      - DB_USER=dcts
+      - DB_PASS=YOURDBPASSWORD
+      - DB_NAME=dcts
+      - LIVEKIT_URL=dctsvc.yourdomain.com # e.g., livekit.example.com
+      - LIVEKIT_KEY=EXAMPLEKEYkqo6gZw4=
+      - LIVEKIT_SECRET=EXAMPLESECRETpJQYlYQ5fkR/uY=
+      - DEBUG=false # optional
+    restart: unless-stopped
+#    ports:
+#      - 2052:2052
+    volumes:
+      - ./dcts/sv:/app/sv
+      - ./dcts/configs:/app/configs
+      - ./dcts/uploads:/app/public/uploads
+      - ./dcts/emojis:/app/public/emojis
+      - ./dcts/plugins:/app/plugins
+    networks:
+      - caddy_net
+
+  dcts-db:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    container_name: dcts-db
+    environment:
+      - MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=YOURDBPASSWORD
+      - MARIADB_DATABASE=dcts
+      - MARIADB_USER=dcts
+      - MARIADB_PASSWORD=YOURDBPASSWORD
+    volumes:
+      - ./dcts-db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+      - caddy_net
+
+  dcts-redis:
+    image: redis:alpine
+    container_name: dcts-redis
+    volumes:
+      - ./dcts-redis-data:/data
+    networks:
+      - caddy_net
+
+  dcts-livekit:
+    image: livekit/livekit-server:latest
+    container_name: dcts-livekit
+    command: --config /etc/livekit.yaml
+    volumes:
+      - ./livekit.yaml:/etc/livekit.yaml # LiveKit Config (https://github.com/hackthedev/dcts-shipping/blob/main/livekit.yaml)
+    ports:
+#      - 7880:7880 # LiveKit API/WebSocket, must be reverse proxied
+      - 7881:7881 # ICE/TCP signaling, expose directly
+      - 7882:7882/udp # ICE/UDP mux, expose directly
+      # Optional TURN ports
+      - 3479:3478/udp
+      - 5349:5349/tcp
+    networks:
+      - caddy_net
+
+networks:
+  caddy_net:
+    external: true
+```
+
+### livekit.yaml
+You'll need to create this file before you do a `docker compose up -d` otherwise compose will automatically create a blank directory called `livekit.yaml` which is an annoyance.
+
+Make sure you change your keys to match what you had put in your `docker-compose.yml` above.
+
+So please change `EXAMPLEKEYkqo6gZw4=` : and `EXAMPLESECRETpJQYlYQ5fkR/uY=` from the example below.
+```
+port: 7880
+rtc:
+    tcp_port: 7881
+    udp_port: 7882
+    use_external_ip: true
+    enable_loopback_candidate: false
+redis:
+    address: dcts-redis:6379
+    username: ""
+    password: ""
+    db: 0
+    use_tls: false
+turn:
+    enabled: false
+    domain: your_turn_domain_if_enabled # e.g., turn.example.com
+    tls_port: 5349
+    udp_port: 3478
+    external_tls: true
+keys:
+    EXAMPLEKEYkqo6gZw4=: EXAMPLESECRETpJQYlYQ5fkR/uY=
+```
+
+### Finalization
+After you have set up your Caddyfile, docker-compose.yml, and livekit.yaml you are ready to launch!
+
+Simply do `docker-compose up -d` and you're instance should deploy to the url you chose.
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