How to Run Docker Container

The Docker technology is designed to automate the deployment of the applications by using lightweight containers. Developers can use a Docker Container to wrap up an application with all of its libraries and dependencies and deploy everything as a single package.

Aspose.PDF Cloud team has published the Docker Container on Docker Hub to facilitate the Docker users. The following sections will guide you that how to run a Docker commands or write configuration in a Yaml file for Docker compose tool.

Container configuration

Required volumes

Environment variables

If Public and/or Private keys are omitted, the app will work in trial mode.

Run Docker container from the command line

docker run \
  --publish 5000:5000 \
  --volume <data_dir>:/data \
  --volume <fonts_dir>:/fonts \
  --env ASPOSE_PDF_CLOUD_SELFHOST_PUBLIC_KEY=<public_key> \
  --env ASPOSE_PDF_CLOUD_SELFHOST_PRIVATE_KEY=<private_key> \
  aspose/pdf-cloud

Configuration for Docker Compose tool

AsposePDFCloud:
      image: aspose/pdf-cloud
      ports: ["5000:5000"]
      volumes: [
        "<data_dir>:/fonts",
        "<fonts_dir>:/data",
      ]
      environment:
        "ASPOSE_PDF_CLOUD_SELFHOST_PUBLIC_KEY": "<public_key>"
        "ASPOSE_PDF_CLOUD_SELFHOST_PRIVATE_KEY": "<private_key>"