Appsmith CE on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

## Appsmith Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

Pre configured Appsmith Community Edition v1.99 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, purpose built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. Appsmith is the leading open source low code platform for building internal tools — drag and drop UI builder, JavaScript expression engine, 40 plus database integrations, REST API integration, role based access control, and Git versioning. Customers ship admin dashboards, CRUD apps, customer support panels, and ops consoles in hours instead of weeks.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support Guaranteed 24 hour response, one hour average for critical issues. support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, validated

* Azure Native Integration Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, Gen2 Hyper V with UEFI boot

* Stack Persistence Application data, MongoDB, Redis state, and configuration all bind mounted at /opt/appsmith/stacks for easy backup and migration

What is Included

* Appsmith CE v1.99 from the official Docker Hub image appsmith/appsmith-ce:v1.99 (Apache 2.0)

* All in one container with MongoDB 7, Redis 7, Spring Boot backend, React frontend, Caddy and supervisord

* Single systemd unit appsmith.service running as root inside the docker daemon, container exposed on TCP 80 and 443

* Self signed TLS certificate generated at first boot for HTTPS on 443; appsmithctl install ssl rewires to Lets Encrypt with one command

* Stack data persisted to host /opt/appsmith/stacks with sub directories for configuration, data, logs

* Telemetry disabled by default (APPSMITH_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true in /etc/default/appsmith); customers can opt back in

* Image pre pulled at build time so customer first boot is seconds, not minutes

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches

Use Cases

* Internal admin dashboards and CRUD UIs over operational databases

* Customer support panels and back office tools

* Ops consoles for cloud resources, deploys, runbooks

* Inventory, order management, content moderation interfaces

* Lightweight low code alternative to Retool, Tooljet, Budibase

Getting Started

1. Deploy from the Azure Marketplace (Standard_D2s_v5 recommended for stability)

2. SSH as azureuser, sudo cat /stage/scripts/appsmith-credentials.log for the URL

3. Browse to http://your-public-ip/ and complete the super admin signup form

4. Restrict NSG inbound on 80 and 443 to trusted IPs

5. Build your first app from a Postgres or MongoDB datasource

Technical Specifications

* Appsmith Community Edition v1.99 (Apache 2.0)

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

* Docker engine 27.x from Ubuntu noble main

* Bundled MongoDB 7 + Redis 7 + Spring Boot + Caddy inside the container

* Listeners: 0.0.0.0:80 (HTTP), 0.0.0.0:443 (HTTPS, self signed by default)

* Stack data: /opt/appsmith/stacks (host bind mount)

* Service: systemd (appsmith.service, appsmith firstboot.service, docker.service)

* Recommended Size: Standard_D2s_v5 (2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)

* VM Generation: Hyper V Gen2 with UEFI boot

Support

cloudimg provides 24/7/365 expert technical support. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk.

Visit www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/appsmith-ce-on-ubuntu-24-04-azure for the full user guide.

Appsmith and the Appsmith logo are trademarks of Appsmith Inc. This image is a repackaged upstream distribution provided by cloudimg. Additional charges apply for build, maintenance, and 24/7 support.