Install Docker and Docker Compose Plugin

1. Install Docker

sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker.io
sudo apt install docker-compose-plugin
sudo systemctl enable docker

2. Allow User to edit docker without sudo

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

3. Log out and back in

Quick-Setup using provided compose files

(Download compose files)

1. Extract the download to a directory

For example: /home/user/applications/seafile

2. Edit your hosts file

Add the following entry to /etc/hosts
<your-ip-address> seafile.local

Example hosts file entry:

10.0.2.15 seafile.local

3. Edit the .env file

Set the following:

LOCAL_IP: Your local IP address

BASIC_STORAGE_PATH: /home/user/applications/seafile (whatever you set in step 1)

4. Run docker compose up -d

Make sure you are running compose from the created directory (where the compose file is saved)

5. Open Seafile in your webbrowser

Default credentials are:
admin@admin.local
secret

6. Edit seahub_settings.py
Path: /seafile-data/seafile/conf

OFFICE_SERVER_TYPE = 'CollaboraOffice'
ENABLE_OFFICE_WEB_APP = True
OFFICE_WEB_APP_BASE_URL = 'http://collabora:9980/hosting/discovery'

WOPI_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRATION = 30 * 60 # seconds

OFFICE_WEB_APP_FILE_EXTENSION = (‘odp’, ‘ods’, ‘odt’, ‘xls’, ‘xlsb’, ‘xlsm’, ‘xlsx’,’ppsx’, ‘ppt’, ‘pptm’, ‘pptx’, ‘doc’, ‘docm’, ‘docx’)

OFFICE_PREVIEW_MAX_SIZE = 30 * 1024 * 1024 # preview size, 30 MB

ENABLE_OFFICE_WEB_APP_EDIT = True

OFFICE_WEB_APP_EDIT_FILE_EXTENSION = (‘odp’, ‘ods’, ‘odt’, ‘xls’, ‘xlsb’, ‘xlsm’, ‘xlsx’,’ppsx’, ‘ppt’, ‘pptm’, ‘pptx’, ‘doc’, ‘docm’, ‘docx’)

7. Restart docker containers

docker compose down && docker compose up -d

8. Open Collabora Online URL

https://seafile.local:6232
Accept unkown certificate and confirm “OK” is displayed

9. Create a document and try CODE

Open https://seafile.local
Your are now all setup and can try editing documents using CODE!

Manual Setup

For manual set up instructions, see the Seafile Official Documentation.

Setting up and configuring native CODE packages on Linux

Collabora provide native Linux packages in deb and rpm formats. For the deb format 3 platforms are supported: amd64, ppc64, and arm64. For the rpm format only amd64 is supported.

1. Import the signing key:

CODE packages are digitally signed by Collabora Productivity Ltd. First step is to import the signing key.

On deb based distributions use the following command:

mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings && cd /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O collaboraonline-release-keyring.gpg https://collaboraoffice.com/downloads/gpg/collaboraonline-release-keyring.gpg

On rpm based distributions use the following command:

wget https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key && sudo rpm --import repomd.xml.key

2. Add CODE package repositories:

On deb based distributions create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/collaboraonline.sources with the following contents:

Types: deb
URIs: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-deb
Suites: ./
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/collaboraonline-release-keyring.gpg

On rpm based distributions use the following commands:

RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, etc.:

sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-rpm

SUSE:

sudo zypper ar 'https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-rpm' 'CODE'
sudo zypper mr -r 'CODE' # enable auto refresh

3. Install packages:

On deb based distributions use the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install coolwsd code-brand

On RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, etc. use the following command:

sudo yum install coolwsd CODE-brand

On SUSE, use the following command:

sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper in coolwsd CODE-brand

This is the minimal installation, without localizations. For full installation install ‘collaboraoffice*’ packages.

4. Configuration:

Edit /etc/coolwsd/coolwsd.xml. Collabora Online (coolwsd) service runs via systemd. After editing the configuration file, you have to restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart coolwsd

Collabora Online logs into systemd journal by default. You can check the log with:

sudo journalctl -u coolwsd

The default configuration is looking for an SSL certificate and key, which are not present, so probably it’s the best to disable SSL, and optionally enable SSL termination, then set up the reverse proxy.