Obsidian self-hosted sync

This repository contains my configuration and details about what I am using to sync my Obsidian notes using a self-hosted database.

To use it I am using:

• The Self-hosted LiveSync Obsidian plugin
• CouchDB
• A domain
• Cloudflare tunnel
• AWS EC2
• Docker for the server and Cloudflared

Obsidian LiveSync plugin

To connect to the database I am using the Obsidian Self-hosted LiveSync plugin by vorotamoroz. There are several ways to configure and host the database that are documented in the Plugin's repository.

The option I used here is not documented there. I'll put a summarized description, but feel free to contact me and ask for more information.

CouchDB

The database being used is the one suggested by the aforementioned plugin: CouchDB. This is being run within a Docker Container

Domain

A domain is needed for the configuration with Cloudflare.

Cloudflare Tunnel

I am using a Cloudflare tunnel to connect my subdomain to the AWS EC2 instance. With Cloudflare tunnels you do not need a static IP address, nor open ports in your router or subnet. The best explanation and configuration instruction I found so far is from NetworkChuck in this video

The connection to the EC2 instance is being done using the official Docker image.

AWS EC2

I am using a t2.micro EC2 instance running Ubuntu. So far it seems to offer enought resourcees.

To install Docker just use the official documentation

Docker

As already mentioned, CouchDB (database) and Cloudflared (to connect to the Cloudflare tunnel) are being run using Docker containers.

The docker-compose.yml file from this repository creates both containers from the official images. To configure it, you need two .env files with the configurations for each container with the variables mentioned below:

• tunnel.env:
  • TUNNEL_TOKEN - token supplied when creating the tunnel within Cloudflare's interfaces
• couchdb.env:
  • COUCHDB_USER - Admin user for CouchDB
  • COUCHDB_PASSWORD - Admin password for CouchDB