OpenObserve

Open source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, RUM (web, android, ios), Session replay, pipelines, SLO and LLM observability.

Port	5080
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/openobserve
Source	https://github.com/openobserve/openobserve
Website	https://openobserve.ai/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	FreeBSD Port. Built from latest FreeBSD packages.	Most users — recommended.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  openobserve:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/openobserve:latest"
    container_name: openobserve
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL=root@example.com  # Username of the admin user
      - ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD=Complexpass#123  # Password of the admin user
    volumes:
      - "/containers/openobserve:/data"
    ports:
      - "5080:5080"
      - "5081:5081"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=openobserve
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL=root@example.com
ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD=Complexpass#123

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  openobserve:
    name: openobserve
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '5080:5080 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '5081:5081 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL: !ENV '${ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL}'
        - ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD: !ENV '${ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD}'
    volumes:
      - openobserve: /data
volumes:
  openobserve:
    device: '/containers/openobserve'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/openobserve:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  openobserve:
    name: openobserve
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/openobserve:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL=root@example.com
      - ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD=Complexpass#123
    volumes:
      - "/containers/openobserve:/data"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Open http://<server>:5080 from another machine (the server's own browser can't use a published port).

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL	root@example.com	Username of the admin user
ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD	Complexpass#123	Password of the admin user

Volumes

Path	Description
/data	Data directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
5080	TCP	Web UI
5081	TCP	Grpc

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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