Running Homer Application Dashboard in Docker
21#Homer #Dashboard #Docker
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
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What is Homer?
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A dead simple static HOMepage for your servER to keep your services on hand, from a simple yaml configuration file. - https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer
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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 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 - $USER
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Running Homer
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01. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Homer Docker container and run it
create working directories
mkdir /home/$USER/docker/homer -p
set owner of working directories
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/docker -R
run the homer docker container
docker run -d --name homer -p 8080:8080 -v /home/$USER/docker/homer:/www/assets --restart=unless-stopped b4bz/homer:latest
02. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080
03. Welcome to Homer
04. To make changes to the dashboard, edit the config.yml file with the following command
edit homer config.yml
sudo nano ~/docker/homer/config.yml
05. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
06. Back in the web browser, refresh the page to view the changes
Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/b4bz/homer
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