How to install Easy!Appointments on a Cloud VPS

Easy!Appointments is an open-source appointment scheduler that syncs with Google Calendar and gives your customers a self-service booking page.

The self-hosted version removes per-user subscriptions: you pay only for the server, no matter how many teammates use the app.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Easy!Appointments installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick Easy!Appointments from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 80.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-20)
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
docker network create ea
docker volume create ea_db
docker run -d --name ea-db --restart=always --network ea \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=easyappointments -e MYSQL_USER=ea -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="$DB_PASS" -e MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=1 \
  -v ea_db:/var/lib/mysql mysql:8
sleep 15
docker run -d --name easyappointments --restart=always --network ea -p 80:80 \
  -e BASE_URL="http://${IP}" -e DB_HOST=ea-db -e DB_NAME=easyappointments -e DB_USERNAME=ea -e DB_PASSWORD="$DB_PASS" \
  alextselegidis/easyappointments:latest
printf 'Easy!Appointments: http://%s/index.php/installation\nFinalizeaza instalarea la prima accesare (baza de date este preconfigurata).\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.