Install Dashy Application Dashboard on Windows
8#Dashy #Dashboard #Windows
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0993.html
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What is Dashy?
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[Dashy is] a self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more! - https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy
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Installing Dashy
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01. Log into the Windows device
02. Download the latest Dashy release https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/releases/latest
03. Download NodeJS v18 https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/
04. Install NodeJS, accepting all the defaults
05. Extract the downloaded Dashy files
06. Rename the extracted folder dashy
07. Cut the dashy folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\apps\dashy in this example
08. Click on the Start menu ≫ type cmd ≫ Right click on Command Prompt ≫ Run as administrator
09. Run the following commands in the Command Prompt window
change directory to dashy, C:\apps\dashy in this example
cd c:\apps\dashy
update npm
npm install -g npm
install yarn
npm install -g yarn
install win-node-env
npm install -g win-node-env
fix dependencies
yarn install --ignore-engines
create a backup .env file
copy .\.env .\.env.orig
build dashy
yarn build
run dashy
yarn start
10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:4000
11. Welcome to Dashy
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Run Dashy on System Startup (Optional, but recommended)
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01. Press CTRL + C to kill the running Dashy process
02. Open a text editor and paste the following
:: Start dashy server
cd /D "%~dp0"
start "dashy" /b npm start
03. Save the file as startup.bat in the dashy directory, C:\apps\dashy in this example
04. Click on the Start Button ≫ Type task ≫ Launch Task Scheduler
05. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane ≫ Create Basic Task...
06. Set the name to Dashy and optionally set a Description ≫ Click Next
07. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts ≫ Click Next
08. For the Action, select Start a program ≫ Click Next
09. Complete the form fields as follows:
Program/script: "C:\apps\dashy\startup.bat"
Add arguments:
Start in:
10. Click Next
11. Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox ≫ Click Finish
12. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button
13. Type System in the Object name field ≫ Click OK
14. Check the Run with highest privileges box
15. Click OK to create the scheduled task
16. Right click the Dashy task ≫ Run
17. Refresh the open web browser to verify Dashy is now running from the scheduled task
Source: https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/blob/master/docs/quick-start.md#alternative-deployment-method-1---from-source
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