django-helpdesk/standalone

Django-helpdesk standalone

This is a standalone installation of Django-helpdesk allowing you to run django-helpdesk as a production standalone application in docker.

To install run setup.sh and then docker-compose up in this directory.

To create an admin user exec into the newly created container

docker ps
docker exec -it standalone-django-helpdesk-1 bash

In the container cd to /opt/django-helpdesk/standalone and run

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

You should now be able to log in to the server by visiting localhost:80. You will also need to access the /admin url to set up new users.

Configuration for production use

For production use you will need to change the URL from localhost in the Caddyfile. You will also need to update the docker-compose file to fix paths. By default all files are stored in /tmp.

You should be able to set custom settings by bindmounting a local_settings.py file into /opt/django-helpdesk/standalone/config/local_settings.py

You can change the logo at the top left of the helpdesk by bindmounting a file into /opt/django-helpdesk/helpdesk/templates/helpdesk/custom_navigation_header.html with contents like:

<style>
 .navbar-brand {
     background: url("https://www.libertyaces.com/files/liberty-logo.png") no-repeat;
     background-size: auto;
     width: 320px;
     background-size: contain;
     height: 40px;
     text-align: right;
 }
</style>

Here is an example local_settings file for using AWS SES for sending emails:

import os

DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "support@bitswan.space"
SERVER_EMAIL = "support@bitswan.space"
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
EMAIL_BACKEND = "django_ses.SESBackend"
AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = "eu-west-1"
AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = "email.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")

In this case you'll also have to bindmout a file to /opt/extra-dependencies.txt with the contents:

django-ses

You would of course also have to edit docker.env to add your secrets.