focalboard v0.1.0

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Focalboard — a self-hosted project management tool for boards, tasks, and notes: kanban, table, gallery, and calendar views of your work (a Trello / Notion-boards alternative). Deployed as a host-networked Nomad service with a persistent data volume.

nomad-pack run focalboard --registry nomploy

…or one line (add registry + run)

curl -fsSL https://packs.nomploy.com/install.sh | sh -s -- focalboard

Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.

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1 task http 8000 1 volume image mattermost/focalboard:latest tracks :latest image bumped today

Variables 8

values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run focalboard -f values.hcl --registry nomploy

# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "focalboard"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Focalboard container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "mattermost/focalboard:latest"

# Host port for the Focalboard web UI. The container listens on 8000.
port = 8000

# Named volume for Focalboard data (/opt/focalboard/data): the SQLite database, files, and config.
data_volume = "focalboard_data"

# Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []

# Resources for the Focalboard task.
resources = {
    cpu    = 300
    memory = 256
  }

Name	Type	Default	Description
job_name	string	"focalboard"	The name of the Nomad job.
namespace	string	"default"	The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters	list	["*"]	The datacenters to deploy to.
image	string	"mattermost/focalboard:latest"	The Focalboard container image. Pin a tag in production.
port	number	8000	Host port for the Focalboard web UI. The container listens on 8000.
data_volume	string	"focalboard_data"	Named volume for Focalboard data (/opt/focalboard/data): the SQLite database, files, and config.
constraints	list	[]	Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
resources	object	{ cpu = 300 memory = 256 }	Resources for the Focalboard task.

Back up this pack

This pack stores data in one Docker named volume: focalboard_data

restic

# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first:
#   export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>"
#   export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>"
#   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key>  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret>
restic backup \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/focalboard_data/_data

rclone (sync to S3/R2)

rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/focalboard_data/_data backup:<bucket>/focalboard_data

Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.

Readme

focalboard

Focalboard — a self-hosted project management tool for boards, tasks, and notes. Organize work as kanban, table, gallery, or calendar views — a Trello / Notion-boards alternative you host yourself.

Single host-networked Nomad service with a persistent data volume (SQLite).

Deploy

nomad-pack registry add nomploy https://github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run focalboard --registry=nomploy

Configure

Variable	Default	Description
`port`	`8000`	Web UI port. The container listens on 8000.
`data_volume`	`focalboard_data`	`/opt/focalboard/data` — SQLite DB, files, and config.
`image`	`mattermost/focalboard:latest`	Container image. Pin a tag in production.
`resources`	`{ cpu = 300, memory = 256 }`	Task resources.

Register an account on first visit, then create boards. This is the standalone "personal server" edition using SQLite — to change the listen port, edit config.json in the data volume. Serves plain HTTP — front it with a reverse proxy for TLS. Pin the job to the node holding the volume with constraints.