Chainguard Container for librechat

An open-source AI chat application.

Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.

Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/librechat:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

LibreChat is an open-source AI chat application that allows users to interact with various AI models through a unified interface. Chainguard's librechat container image is comparable to the upstream LibreChat image available on Docker Hub.

Important: When deploying the Chainguard LibreChat image to Kubernetes, you must use the Chainguard IAMGuarded MongoDB Helm chart as a separate installation:

# Deploy MongoDB using Chainguard IAMGuarded chart
helm install mongodb oci://cgr.dev/$ORGANIZATION/iamguarded-charts/mongodb \
  --namespace librechat \
  --create-namespace \
  --set auth.rootPassword=PASSWORD

# Then deploy LibreChat with mongodb.enabled=false
helm install librechat oci://ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-chart/librechat \
  --namespace librechat \
  --values values.yaml  # mongodb.enabled: false in values

Getting Started

LibreChat requires a MongoDB database and several environment variables for encryption and authentication. Below are examples for both Docker and Kubernetes deployments.

Running with Docker

First, start a MongoDB container:

docker run -d --name librechat-mongo \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=LibreChat \
  -p 27017:27017 \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/mongodb:latest

Generate required secrets:

JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
CREDS_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
CREDS_IV=$(openssl rand -base64 16)

Run LibreChat:

docker run -d --name librechat \
  --link librechat-mongo:mongo \
  -p 3080:3080 \
  -e MONGO_URI=mongodb://mongo:27017/LibreChat \
  -e JWT_SECRET="${JWT_SECRET}" \
  -e JWT_REFRESH_SECRET="${JWT_REFRESH_SECRET}" \
  -e CREDS_KEY="${CREDS_KEY}" \
  -e CREDS_IV="${CREDS_IV}" \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/librechat:latest

Access the application at http://localhost:3080.

Deploying with Helm on Kubernetes

LibreChat can be deployed to Kubernetes using the official Helm chart with Chainguard images.

First, create a values file with your configuration:

# values.yaml
image:
  registry: cgr.dev
  repository: ORGANIZATION/librechat
  tag: latest
  pullPolicy: Always

mongodb:
  enabled: false  # Use external MongoDB

librechat:
  configEnv:
    MONGO_URI: "mongodb://root:PASSWORD@mongodb:27017/LibreChat?authSource=admin"
    CREDS_KEY: ""  # Set via secret
    CREDS_IV: ""   # Set via secret
    JWT_SECRET: ""  # Set via secret
    JWT_REFRESH_SECRET: ""  # Set via secret
    ALLOW_REGISTRATION: "true"
    ALLOW_SOCIAL_LOGIN: "true"

Create Kubernetes secrets for sensitive values:

# Generate secret values
JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
CREDS_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
CREDS_IV=$(openssl rand -base64 16)

# Create the secret
kubectl create secret generic librechat-credentials-env \
  --namespace=librechat \
  --from-literal=JWT_SECRET="${JWT_SECRET}" \
  --from-literal=JWT_REFRESH_SECRET="${JWT_REFRESH_SECRET}" \
  --from-literal=CREDS_KEY="${CREDS_KEY}" \
  --from-literal=CREDS_IV="${CREDS_IV}"

Deploy MongoDB using Helm (if not using an external database):

helm install mongodb oci://cgr.dev/$ORGANIZATION/iamguarded-charts/mongodb \
  --namespace librechat \
  --create-namespace \
  --set auth.rootPassword=PASSWORD

Install LibreChat:

helm install librechat oci://ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-chart/librechat \
  --namespace librechat \
  --create-namespace \
  --values values.yaml

Verify the deployment:

kubectl get pods -n librechat
kubectl logs -n librechat -l app.kubernetes.io/name=librechat-librechat

You should see logs indicating:

• Connected to MongoDB
• Server listening on all interfaces at port 3080

Required Environment Variables

LibreChat requires the following environment variables:

Optional environment variables for additional configuration:

• ALLOW_REGISTRATION: Enable user registration (default: false)
• ALLOW_SOCIAL_LOGIN: Enable social authentication (default: false)
• OPENAI_API_KEY: API key for OpenAI integration
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: API key for Anthropic Claude integration

Documentation and Resources

• LibreChat Official Documentation
• LibreChat GitHub Repository
• LibreChat Helm Chart

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