wger-server

Overview

wger (Workout Manager) is a free, open-source web application for managing workouts, nutrition plans, and training logs. This container is the backend application server for the multi-container WGER stack.

Requirements

Requires wger-db, wger-redis, and wger-nginx containers on the same Docker network (wger_network). Optional: wger-celery-worker, wger-celery-beat, wger-celery-flower.

Runtime arguments

Web UI: http://[IP]:[PORT:8555]
Network: wger_network
Shell: sh
Privileged: false
Extra Params: --health-cmd="wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8000" --health-interval=10s --health-retries=5 --health-start-period=300s --health-timeout=5s

Template configuration

PORTPorttcp

WebUI port for the wger server (container port 8000)

Target: 8000
Default: 8555
Value: 8555

DJANGO_DB_ENGINEVariable

Database engine, e.g. django.db.backends.postgresql

Default: django.db.backends.postgresql
Value: django.db.backends.postgresql

DJANGO_DB_DATABASEVariable

PostgreSQL database name

Default: wger
Value: wger

DJANGO_DB_USERVariable

Database username

Default: wger
Value: wger

DJANGO_DB_PASSWORDVariable

Database password

Value: wger

DJANGO_DB_HOSTVariable

Database container hostname (must match your wger-db container name)

Default: wger-db
Value: wger-db

DJANGO_DB_PORTVariable

PostgreSQL database port

Default: 5432
Value: 5432

TIME_ZONEVariable

Server timezone. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones

Default: Europe/Berlin
Value: Europe/Berlin

SITE_URLVariable

Base URL of the application, e.g. http://your-server-ip:8555

Default: http://localhost
Value: http://localhost

DJANGO_STATIC_ROOTPathrw

Path for static files

Target: /home/wger/static
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/wger/static/
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/wger/static/

DJANGO_MEDIA_ROOTPathrw

Path for media files (uploaded images, etc.)

Target: /home/wger/media
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/wger/media/
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/wger/media/

SECRET_KEYVariable

Django SECRET_KEY – 50 characters, generate with a secure random generator. CHANGE THIS!

Value: wger-docker-supersecret-key-1234567890!@#$%^&*(-_)

SIGNING_KEYVariable

JWT signing key – must differ from SECRET_KEY. CHANGE THIS!

Value: wger-docker-secret-jwtkey-1234567890!@#$%^&*(-_=+)

ALLOW_REGISTRATIONVariable

Allow new user registration (True/False)

Default: True
Value: True

ALLOW_GUEST_USERSVariable

Allow guest access (True/False)

Default: True
Value: True

ALLOW_UPLOAD_VIDEOSVariable

Allow video uploads (True/False)

Default: True
Value: True

MIN_ACCOUNT_AGE_TO_TRUSTVariable

Minimum account age in days before user is trusted

Default: 21
Value: 21

SYNC_EXERCISES_CELERYVariable

Sync exercises in background via Celery

Default: True
Value: True

SYNC_EXERCISE_IMAGES_CELERYVariable

Sync exercise images in background

Default: True
Value: True

SYNC_EXERCISE_VIDEOS_CELERYVariable

Sync exercise videos in background

Default: True
Value: True

SYNC_INGREDIENTS_CELERYVariable

Sync ingredients in background

Default: True
Value: True

DOWNLOAD_INGREDIENTS_FROMVariable

Source for ingredient data, e.g. 'WGER'

Default: WGER
Value: WGER

USE_CELERYVariable

Enable Celery for background tasks (True/False)

Default: True
Value: True

PUIDVariable

User ID

Default: 99
Value: 99

PGIDVariable

Group ID

Default: 100
Value: 100

UMASKVariable

File creation mask

Default: 022
Value: 022

DJANGO_DEBUGVariable

Django debug mode (required for wger to run correctly)

Default: True
Value: True

CELERY_BROKERVariable

Celery broker URL (Redis)

Default: redis://wger-redis:6379/2
Value: redis://wger-redis:6379/2

CELERY_BACKENDVariable

Celery result backend URL (Redis)

Default: redis://wger-redis:6379/2
Value: redis://wger-redis:6379/2

CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORDVariable

Password for Celery Flower monitoring UI

Default: adminadmin
Value: adminadmin

DJANGO_CACHE_BACKENDVariable

Cache backend class

Default: django_redis.cache.RedisCache
Value: django_redis.cache.RedisCache

DJANGO_CACHE_LOCATIONVariable

Django cache URL (Redis)

Default: redis://wger-redis:6379/1
Value: redis://wger-redis:6379/1

DJANGO_CACHE_TIMEOUTVariable

Cache timeout in seconds (15 days)

Default: 1296000
Value: 1296000

DJANGO_CACHE_CLIENT_CLASSVariable

Redis cache client class

Default: django_redis.client.DefaultClient
Value: django_redis.client.DefaultClient

ENABLE_EMAILVariable

Enable SMTP email notifications (True/False)

Default: False
Value: False

EMAIL_HOSTVariable

SMTP server address

EMAIL_PORTVariable

SMTP server port

EMAIL_HOST_USERVariable

SMTP server username

EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORDVariable

SMTP server password

EMAIL_USE_TLSVariable

Enable TLS for email (True/False)

Default: False
Value: True

EMAIL_USE_SSLVariable

Enable SSL for email (True/False)

Default: False
Value: False

FROM_EMAILVariable

Sender address for system emails

Default: wger Workout Manager
Value: wger Workout Manager wger@example.com

Links

Template Support Docker Hub Project

Details

Repository

wger/server:latest

Registry

https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/wger/server

Last Updated2026-05-31

First Seen2026-05-27

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