Run Actual Budget - Open Source Finance Management - in Docker
21#ActualBudget #FOSS #Docker
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0969.html
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What is Actual Budget?
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Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. It is 100% free and open-source, written in NodeJS, it has a synchronization element so that all your changes can move between devices without any heavy lifting. - https://github.com/actualbudget/actual
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Installing Docker
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01. Log into the Linux based device
02. Run the following commands in the terminal
install prerequisites
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates git curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
add docker gpg key
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
add docker software repository
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
install docker
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
enable and start docker service
sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
add the current user to the docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
su - $USER
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Running Actual
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01. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Actual Docker container and run it
create working directories
mkdir ~/docker/actualbudget/data -p
create config.json
touch ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json
write empty config file
echo "{}" ≫ ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json
set owner of working directories
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
allow the container to write to working directories
sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/actualbudget
run actual budget container
docker run -d --name actualbudget -p 5006:5006 -v ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json:/app/config.json -v ~/docker/actualbudget/data:/data --restart=unless-stopped actualbudget/actual-server
02. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:5006
03. Click on the Advanced Options link
04. Check the "I understand the risks" box ≫ Click Open Actual
05. Enter and confirm an admin password
06. Click Start Fresh
07. Welcome to Actual running in Docker
Source: https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/docker/
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