This guide outlines the steps to install Trilium on your own server. You might consider this option if you want to set up synchronization or use Trilium in a browser - accessible from anywhere.

Installation Options

There are several ways to install Trilium on a server, each with its own advantages:

The server installation includes both web and mobile frontends.

Configuration

After setting up your server installation, you may want to configure settings such as the port or enable TLS. Configuration is managed via the Trilium config.ini file, which is located in the data directory by default. To begin customizing your setup, copy the provided config-sample.ini file with default values to config.ini.

You can also review the configuration file to provide all config.ini values as environment variables instead.

Config Location

By default, config.ini, the database, and other important Trilium data files are stored in the data directory. If you prefer a different location, you can change it by setting the TRILIUM_DATA_DIRenvironment variable:

export TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/myuser/data/my-trilium-data

Disabling / Modifying the Upload Limit

If you're running into the 250MB limit imposed on the server by default, and you'd like to increase the upload limit, you can set the TRILIUM_NO_UPLOAD_LIMIT environment variable to true to disable it completely:

export TRILIUM_NO_UPLOAD_LIMIT=true

Or, if you'd simply like to increase the upload limit size to something beyond 250MB, you can set the MAX_ALLOWED_FILE_SIZE_MB environment variable to something larger than the integer 250 (e.g. 450in the following example):

export MAX_ALLOWED_FILE_SIZE_MB=450

Disabling Authentication

See Authentication.

Reverse Proxy Setup

To configure a reverse proxy for Trilium, you can use either nginx or Apache. You can also check out the documentation stored in the Reverse proxy folder.

nginx

Add the following configuration to your nginx setup to proxy requests to Trilium:

location /trilium/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}

To avoid limiting the size of payloads, include this in the server {} block:

# Set to 0 for unlimited. Default is 1M.
client_max_body_size 0;

Apache

For an Apache setup, refer to the Apache proxy setup guide.