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How do I use PocketBase?

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  1. In the panel, open My servers and click your server.
  2. On the Overview tab, wait for the App row to say "PocketBase is ready". The page refreshes itself.
  3. Open the link in the Panel address row and enter the details from the Email and Password rows.

Your first collection

  1. Create a table with New collection and add its fields.
  2. On the API rules tab, choose who can read and write. A locked rule lets only superusers in, while an unlocked empty rule lets everyone in.
  3. From your app, send requests to the /api/ path of your site address.

Good to know

  • Your data is in the /home/pocketbase/pb_data folder.
  • To update, check the version shown on the admin screen, put the new file in place of /home/pocketbase/pocketbase and run systemctl restart pocketbase.

Your own domain

  1. Point your domain's A record to your server's IP address.
  2. Replace the address on the first line of /etc/caddy/Caddyfile with your domain and run systemctl reload caddy as root.

Caddy gets and renews the certificate by itself.

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