Running Hoppscotch in Docker - Browser Based Open Source Alternative to Postman
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0578.html
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What is Hoppscotch?
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Hoppscotch is light-weight, web based API development suite. It was built from ground up with ease of use and accessibility in mind providing all the functionality needed for API developers with minimalist, unobtrusive UI. It is free-to-use and as an added perk completely Open Source! - https://docs.hoppscotch.io/
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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 Hoppscotch
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01. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Hoppscotch Docker container and run it
# run the hoppscotch docker container
docker run -d --name hoppscotch -p 3000:3000 --restart=unless-stopped hoppscotch/hoppscotch:latest
02. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000
03. Welcome to Hoppscotch running in Docker
Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/hoppscotch/hoppscotch
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