ntfy/docs/install.md

Install your own ntfy server

Self-hosting your own ntfy server is pretty straight forward. Just install the binary, package or Docker image, then configure it and run it. Just like any other software. No fuzz.

!!! info

The following steps are only required if you want to **self-host your own ntfy server**. If you just want to 
[send messages using ntfy.sh](publish.md), you don't need to install anything.

General steps

The ntfy server comes as a statically linked binary and is shipped as tarball, deb/rpm packages and as a Docker image. We support amd64, armv7 and arm64.

1. Install ntfy using one of the methods described below
2. Then (optionally) edit /etc/ntfy/config.yml (see configuration)
3. Then just run it with ntfy (or systemctl start ntfy when using the deb/rpm).

Binaries and packages

Please check out the releases page for binaries and deb/rpm packages.

=== "x86_64/amd64"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/bin -zxf ntfy_*.tar.gz ntfy
sudo ./ntfy
```

=== "armv7/armhf"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_armv7.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/bin -zxf ntfy_*.tar.gz ntfy
sudo ./ntfy
```

=== "arm64"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/bin -zxf ntfy_*.tar.gz ntfy
sudo ./ntfy
```

Debian/Ubuntu repository

Installation via Debian repository:

=== "x86_64/amd64"

```bash
curl -sSL https://archive.heckel.io/apt/pubkey.txt | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64] https://archive.heckel.io/apt debian main' \
    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive.heckel.io.list"  
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ntfy
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "armv7/armhf"

```bash
curl -sSL https://archive.heckel.io/apt/pubkey.txt | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] https://archive.heckel.io/apt debian main' \
    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive.heckel.io.list"  
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ntfy
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "arm64"

```bash
curl -sSL https://archive.heckel.io/apt/pubkey.txt | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=arm64] https://archive.heckel.io/apt debian main' \
    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive.heckel.io.list"  
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ntfy
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

Manually installing the .deb file:

=== "x86_64/amd64"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ntfy_*.deb
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "armv7/armhf"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_armv7.deb
sudo dpkg -i ntfy_*.deb
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "arm64"

```bash
wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ntfy_*.deb
sudo systemctl enable ntfy
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

Fedora/RHEL/CentOS

=== "x86_64/amd64"

```bash
sudo rpm -ivh https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_amd64.rpm
sudo systemctl enable ntfy 
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "armv7/armhf"

```bash
sudo rpm -ivh https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_armv7.rpm
sudo systemctl enable ntfy 
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

=== "arm64"

```bash
sudo rpm -ivh https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.5.0/ntfy_1.5.0_linux_arm64.rpm
sudo systemctl enable ntfy 
sudo systemctl start ntfy
```

Docker

The ntfy image is available for amd64, armv7 and arm64. It should be pretty straight forward to use.

The server exposes its web UI and the API on port 80, so you need to expose that in Docker. To use the persistent message cache, you also need to map a volume to /var/cache/ntfy. To change other settings, you should map /etc/ntfy, so you can edit /etc/ntfy/config.yml.

Basic usage (no cache or additional config):

docker run -p 80:80 -it binwiederhier/ntfy

With persistent cache (configured as command line arguments):

docker run \
  -v /var/cache/ntfy:/var/cache/ntfy \
  -p 80:80 \
  -it \
  binwiederhier/ntfy \
    --cache-file /var/cache/ntfy/cache.db

With other config options (configured via /etc/ntfy/config.yml, see configuration for details):

docker run \
  -v /etc/ntfy:/etc/ntfy \
  -p 80:80 \
  -it \
  binwiederhier/ntfy

Go

To install via Go, simply run:

go install heckel.io/ntfy@latest

!!! info

Please [let me know](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues) if there are any issues with this installation
method. The SQLite bindings require CGO and it works for me, but I have the feeling it may not work for everyone.