Installing Overleaf server (community edition) on Raspberry Pi

Get toolkit

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/overleaf/toolkit.git
cd toolkit
bin/init

Change listening IP and port

sudo vim config/overleaf.rc

• change YourPORTChoice in OVERLEAF_PORT=YourPORTChoice
• change  OVERLEAF_LISTEN_IPto 0.0.0.0

Build docker images for ARM

This is the key part. One needs to build the arm version of the docker images using the command below.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf.git
cd overleaf/server-ce

make ARCH=arm build-base
make ARCH=arm build-community

Change image names

The image needs to be renamed, correponding to the version mentioned in the version file below.

docker image tag sharelatex/sharelatex:main sharelatex/sharelatex: x.x.x

Note:
- x.x.x comes from ~/toolkit/config/version

Start service

bin/up -d

Verify the service is accessible

• Access the below link in your browser:

YourServerIP:YourPORTChoice

Creating a new user

bin/docker-compose exec sharelatex /bin/bash -ce "cd /overleaf/services/web && node modules/server-ce-scripts/scripts/add-user --email=your_email_address"