01
Prepare the domain
Point the A record to the server and wait for it to propagate.
Installation
Rivo on your own server
The installer sets up everything itself: Docker, Postgres, the app and a web server with automatic HTTPS. You bring a server, a domain and one command.
curl -fsSL https://me.rivo.day/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- --domain rivo.example.com --email [email protected]Use your own domain and email (the email is needed to issue the certificate). Re-running is safe: existing secrets, settings and data are not overwritten.
What you need beforehand
Server
Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04, 1 GB of RAM or more (2 GB recommended), 20 GB of free space (5 GB minimum), root or sudo. Any VPS will do.
Domain
Your domain’s A record must point to the server IP before you start the installation — otherwise the certificate will not be issued and you will have to run it again.
Steps
Four steps to a working instance
02
Run the command
The installer checks the server, installs Docker, generates secrets and brings up the stack. It usually takes a few minutes.
03
Complete onboarding
Follow the printed link to create the owner, choose a currency and time zone, and optionally connect Telegram and Google.
04
Enter the key
Get the license key in your customer account. The instance links to it automatically and then confirms the license once a day.
Next
Updates, backups, restore
The installer adds the rivo command — it runs the instance from then on. An update makes a backup before changing anything.
rivo statuscontainer status, domain, version, last backuprivo logs api -fservice logs (api, web, db, caddy), -f to followrivo updateupdate to a new version: backup, images, migrations, restartrivo backupback up the database and filesrivo restorerestore from an archiverivo restartrestart the stack