Directus
Directus is a headless CMS and data platform that wraps a REST/GraphQL API and an admin app around your own SQL database, deployed via an official Docker Compose example.
1Create your project directory
Create a directus/ directory with database, uploads, and extensions subfolders to persist data outside the container.
2Write a production docker-compose.yml
Directus's official example wires together a directus service, a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database service, and a Redis cache service.
Set DB_CLIENT=pg with DB_HOST/DB_PORT/DB_DATABASE/DB_USER/DB_PASSWORD pointing at the database service, and CACHE_STORE=redis with REDIS pointing at the cache service.
3Set the required secret and admin account
Set a unique SECRET value (used to sign tokens) and, optionally, ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD to pre-seed the first admin account, plus PUBLIC_URL for your deployment's address.
4Start Directus
docker compose up -d5Log in
Open your PUBLIC_URL. If you didn't pre-set ADMIN_EMAIL/ADMIN_PASSWORD, Directus will walk you through its Studio onboarding screen to create the first admin account.
Check container health via the built-in /server/health and /server/ping endpoints.