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Last updated on Aug 05, 2025

Bitnami package for Supabase Storage

What is Supabase Storage?

supabase-storage is a component of Supabase. Supabase is an open source implementation of Firebase. supabase-storage is a RESTful API for managing the PostgreSQL database.

Overview of Supabase Storage Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

TL;DR

docker run -it --name supabase-storage bitnami/supabase-storage

Why use Bitnami Images?

  • Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
  • With Bitnami images the latest bug fixes and features are available as soon as possible.
  • Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
  • All our images are based on minideb -a minimalist Debian based container image that gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution- or scratch -an explicitly empty image-.
  • All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with Notation. Check this post to know how to verify the integrity of the images.
  • Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.

Looking to use Supabase Storage in production? Try VMware Tanzu Application Catalog, the commercial edition of the Bitnami catalog.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the tags-info.yaml file present in the branch folder, i.e bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml.

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Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Supabase Storage Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/supabase-storage:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/supabase-storage:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t bitnami/APP:latest .

Maintenance

Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Supabase Storage, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

Step 1: Get the updated image

docker pull bitnami/supabase-storage:latest

Step 2: Remove the currently running container

docker rm -v supabase-storage

Step 3: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image.

docker run --name supabase-storage bitnami/supabase-storage:latest

Configuration

Environment variables

Customizable environment variables

Name Description Default Value
DB_HOST Database host localhost
DB_PORT Database port number 5432
DB_NAME Database name postgres
DB_USER Database user username postgres
DB_PASSWORD Database password nil
DATABASE_URL Database url postgresql://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}
PGRST_JWT_SECRET JWT key nil
ANON_KEY Anon key nil
SERVICE_KEY Service key nil
PORT Service Port 5000
POSTGREST_URL Postgrest url http://localhost:3000
PGOPTIONS PG Options -c search_path=storage,public
FILE_SIZE_LIMIT 52428800
STORAGE_BACKEND Backend for storage file
FILE_STORAGE_BACKEND_PATH Storage backend path /bitnami/supabase-storage
TENANT_ID Tenant ID stub
REGION Region stub
GLOBAL_S3_BUCKET Global S3 Bucket stub

Read-only environment variables

Name Description Value
SUPABASE_STORAGE_BASE_DIR Supabase-storage installation directory. ${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/supabase-storage
SUPABASE_STORAGE_LOGS_DIR Directory where Supabase-storage logs are stored. ${SUPABASE_STORAGE_BASE_DIR}/logs
SUPABASE_STORAGE_LOG_FILE Directory where Supabase-storage logs are stored. ${SUPABASE_STORAGE_LOGS_DIR}/supabase-storage.log
SUPABASE_STORAGE_BIN_DIR Supabase-storage directory for binary executables. ${SUPABASE_STORAGE_BASE_DIR}/node_modules/.bin
SUPABASE_STORAGE_DAEMON_USER postgrest system user. supabase
SUPABASE_STORAGE_DAEMON_GROUP postgrest system group. supabase

Running commands

To run commands inside this container you can use docker run, for example to execute supabase-storage --help you can follow the example below:

docker run --rm --name supabase-storage bitnami/supabase-storage:latest --help

Check the official Supabase Storage documentation for more information about how to use Supabase Storage.

Notable Changes

Starting January 16, 2024

  • The docker-compose.yaml file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this Docker image. You can request new features by creating an issue or submitting a pull request with your contribution.

Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

License

Copyright © 2024 Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.