appwrite 2.4.0 self hosted - faile to connect to appwrite netwro

I am trying to have a self hosted version of appwrite on Amazing EC2 instance.

I am getting error in the installation saying "Failed to connect installer to appwrite network". What am I missing?

I have not been able to reproduce this yet, so I do like to narrow down what’s different on your EC2 host.

Could you share the output of:

docker info
docker network ls
docker ps -a --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Networks}}"```
Also, did the appwrite directory already exist before running the installer, and are you using Snap Docker or anything like Coolify, Dokploy, or Portainer?

Harsh, nothing specific about my EC2 instance, it was just a brand new EC2 with latest version of docker etc. I decomissioned in the instance, will try again

@Harsh again tryign to setup on my VPS...here is the info you requested

Looks like Appwrite did not start, so the appwrite network wasn't created. Could you share the output from docker compose up? It should show what actually went wrong.

harsh, i am completing the installation, but it's not accessible, what might be going wrong.

vps: Hostinger VPS (ubuntu 24), running n8n on port 443 / 80

executed the docker command for installation,
Shows installation on http://machine:20080

installation completes but not able to access post instllation

that 404 is your n8n traefik on 443, not Appwrite. try http://spxpert.cloud: (open the port in the hPanel firewall),

n8n runs on https://flow.spxpert.cloud/

my idea was to keep https://appwrite.spxpert.cloud on the same server and that opens my appwrite applciation, is that possible

Docker shows all services running except this

in appwrite/.env set _APP_DOMAIN=appwrite.spxpert.cloud, _APP_HTTP_PORT=8080, _APP_HTTPS_PORT=8443 run docker compose up -d, then paste your n8n compose file( send it through dms )and I will send the routing lines.

Thanks a ton @Harsh This issue has been resolved.
What I had

• Hostinger VPS with self hosted N8N already running

What we did

• Follow the installation guide for appwrite self hosting
• Update env variables to match in this thread.
• docker compose up in the appwrite directory
• add appwrite.yml with correct routing in root directory.
• for restart traefik docker compose up -d --force-recreate traefik

and it all worked like a charm, now my VPS is correctly utilized with both appwrite and n8n 🙂

@Atharva Could we add a short selfhosting guide for running Appwrite behind an existing reverse proxy on ports 80/443? This thread is a good example : n8n with Traefik on a Hostinger VPS, We solved it using the gateway network and an appwrite.yml router.

there are many configurations a user can end up with, I'll do some brainstorming to see what kind of content can best support most devs out there with such setups

I tried two ways:-

• Brand new AWS EC2, followed the steps and stuck into networking issues (unable to connect to appwrite network)
• Hostinger VPS with self hosted n8n + traefik, this was bit tricky to catch. I gave up few times before finally making it to work