syedarsalanhussainshah/opensourcesocialnetwork repository overview

Create your own social network like facebook with Open Source Social Network (OSSN) software in seconds using the Docker Hub image.

Landing Page	Newsfeed	Profile Page

⁠Prerequisites

• Docker installed

⁠Quick Start

Pull and run the latest OSSN image:

docker run -d -p 80:80 --name ossn syedarsalanhussainshah/opensourcesocialnetwork:latest

If you're using a firewall such as UFW, allow HTTP traffic:

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp && sudo ufw reload

⁠Access OSSN

Once the container is running, open your browser and visit:

• http://localhost
• http://<your-server-ip>
• Or your domain name (e.g. http://yourwebsite.com) if it points to your server.

Follow the installation wizard and complete the setup.

⁠Container Management

⁠View logs

docker logs -f ossn

⁠Stop the container

docker stop ossn

⁠Start the container

docker start ossn

⁠Restart the container

docker restart ossn

⁠Remove the container

docker rm -f ossn

⁠Notes

• The database hostname for OSSN is db (matching service name in Docker Compose).
• Persistent data is stored in Docker volumes (db_data for MySQL, ossn_data for OSSN files).
• To enable HTTPS, additional Apache configuration and SSL certificates are needed.

⁠Troubleshooting

• If you encounter database connection errors, ensure containers are running and OSSN connects using hostname db.
• For clean installs, remove volumes with docker-compose down -v to reset data.
• Check logs for errors: docker-compose logs -f

Happy Open Source Social Networking! 🎉