From e29ab8db71fcc68abf5286ce253e12f1d5f9e1f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ig12 <38759204+ig12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 18:05:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add APP_URL and description

---
 docker-compose.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 713357f7..4ce778b8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
     - DB_DATABASE=bookstack
     - DB_USERNAME=bookstack
     - DB_PASSWORD=secret
+    #set the APP_ to the URL of bookstack without without a trailing slash APP_URL=https://example.com
+    - APP_URL=http://example.com
     volumes:
     - uploads:/var/www/bookstack/public/uploads
     - storage-uploads:/var/www/bookstack/storage/uploads

From b7d64a8dd4bf2e15bb64685aa91de0dd025283ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ig12 <38759204+ig12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 18:10:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added APP_URL to the examples and add description

---
 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84831b5b..711bf0ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@ docker run -d --net bookstack_nw \
 -e DB_DATABASE=bookstack \
 -e DB_USERNAME=bookstack \
 -e DB_PASSWORD=secret \
+-e APP_URL=http://example.com \
 -p 8080:8080 \
 --name="bookstack_21.12" \
  solidnerd/bookstack:21.12
 ```
 
+The APP_URL parameter should be the base URL for your BookStack instance without a trailing slash. For example:
+APP_URL=http://example.com
+
 #### Volumes
 To access your `.env` file and important bookstack folders on your host system change `<HOST>` in the following line to your host directory and add it then to your run command: