Open-Archiver

Overview

A secure, sovereign, and open-source platform for email archiving and eDiscovery. Open Archiver provides a robust, self-hosted solution for archiving, storing, indexing, and searching emails from major platforms, including Google Workspace (Gmail), Microsoft 365, PST files, as well as generic IMAP-enabled email inboxes. Use Open Archiver to keep a permanent, tamper-proof record of your communication history, free from vendor lock-in.

Requirements

PostgreSQL, Meilisearch (min. v1.15), Redis/Valkey

Runtime arguments

Web UI: http://[IP]:[PORT:3000]
Network: bridge
Shell: sh
Privileged: false

Template configuration

DataPathrw

Target: /var/data/open-archiver
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/openarchiver/data

NODE_ENVVariable

Value: production

WebUI-PortPorttcp

WebUI-Port, set this the same as PORT_FRONTEND

Target: 3000
Value: 3000

PORT_FRONTENDVariable

Value: 3000

PORT_BACKENDVariable

Value: 4000

SYNC_FREQUENCYVariable

The frequency of continuous email syncing. Default is every minutes, but you can change it to another value based on your needs.

Value: * * * * *

DATABASE_URLVariable

Value: postgresql://POSTGRES_USER:POSTGRES_PASSWORD@postgres:5432/POSTGRES_DB

MEILI_MASTER_KEYVariable

Value: aSampleMasterKey

MEILI_HOSTVariable

Value: http://YOUR_MEILI_INSTANCE:7700

REDIS_HOSTVariable

Redis or Valkey host

Value: valkey

REDIS_PORTVariable

Value: 6379

REDIS_PASSWORDVariable

Value: defaultvalkeypassword

REDIS_TLS_ENABLEDVariable

Default: true|false
Value: false

STORAGE_TYPEVariable

Choose your storage backend. Valid options are 'local' or 's3'.

Default: local|s3
Value: local

BODY_SIZE_LIMITVariable

Value: 100M

STORAGE_LOCAL_ROOT_PATHVariable

The path inside the container where files will be stored. This is mapped to a Docker volume for persistence. This is only used if STORAGE_TYPE is 'local'.

Value: /var/data/open-archiver

STORAGE_S3_ENDPOINTVariable