# PocketBase

Generated on 7 Mar 2026 from [the PocketBase catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/pocketbase)

PocketBase is an open-source Go backend, consisting of:

- embedded database (SQLite) with realtime subscriptions
- built-in files and users management
- convenient Admin dashboard UI
- and simple REST-ish API

For documentation and examples, please visit [https://pocketbase.io/docs](https://pocketbase.io/docs).

## Software Included

*This Marketplace listing does not include a detailed software list.*

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=doteamaccount-pocketbase)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the PocketBase 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB PocketBase Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"doteamaccount-pocketbase"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying PocketBase

## Welcome to the PocketBase DigitalOcean 1-Click!

Please allow up to 3 minutes for all services to become available after installing this 1-click.

The one-click includes a fully installed and running PocketBase instance. The first time you access the system, you should use the following URL to set your admin password:

[http://your.ip.addr.ess/\_/](http://your.ip.addr.ess/_/)

This installation of PocketBase uses a reverse proxy from Caddy to PB,

and is managed with systemctl:

```
systemctl restart pocketbase  # Restart PocketBase
systemctl stop pocketbase     # Stop the PocketBase server
systemctl start pocketbase    # Start the PocketBase server
```

To add a custom domain, update the reverse proxy here:

`/etc/caddy/Caddyfile`

Getting Help:

Note- this one click is not maintained by the creator of PocketBase. To get help with using the software, use the PocketBase repo. For help with the one-click itself or to suggest improvements, use the link to the Packer build script.

PocketBase on GitHub: [https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase)

PocketBase Support: [https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions)

PocketBase Packer Script: [https://github.com/scott/pocketbase-do-packer](https://github.com/scott/pocketbase-do-packer)

### Enabling SSL

To enable SSL, you will need to configure Caddy to configure a domain that reverse proxies to the PocketBase service. For more information, check the Caddy Docs: [https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/https](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/https)

You will find the Caddyfile here:

```
/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
```

.