Application hosting

Hosting wallabag

A self-hosted read-it-later application for saving articles, organizing them and reading them later. Its PHP service and database hold a reading library that needs recovery and maintenance.

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Understand the setup

Check runtime, storage and installation requirements before choosing a server.

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Budget your resources

Allow room for the operating system, database and your actual workload.

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Must have

Installation requirements

A compatible PHP runtime with the required extensions for the selected release.
A supported database and its PDO driver.
Composer and make for the documented source-installation path.

Recommended

Planning guidance

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No official hardware minimum for wallabag

Server demand depends on imports, fetched articles and simultaneous users. Runtime compatibility checks do not establish a fixed reader-count capacity.

Deploy with

Supported paths

Dedicated web-server installation
Docker or Compose
Documented shared-hosting path

The host must provide

Runtime

PHP: The requirements page states PHP 7.4 or newer; choose a supported runtime compatible with the selected release
Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite via the corresponding PDO driver

Storage

Persistent data

Keep the database, application configuration and any retained assets in the recovery plan. Imports can add many articles at once, so include library growth when allocating disk and backup storage.

Step by step

Plan a wallabag deployment

Verify the runtime

Check PHP extensions and database support against the chosen release before installing dependencies.
Official instructions
Create the public address

Follow the virtual-host instructions and configure application parameters and access before saving personal content.
Official instructions
Plan library recovery

Back up the database and required files before upgrades or large imports; preserve credentials for connected applications.
Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

Use HTTPS and review registration and sharing settings.
Keep database credentials and application configuration outside public access.

Cost

Beyond the server price

Include database and retained content in the storage budget.
Mail delivery and asynchronous import services can add operating requirements.

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