Running Shlink URL Shortener in Docker on Ubuntu Server
12#Shlink #URLShortener #Docker
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0663.html
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What is Shlink?
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A PHP-based self-hosted URL shortener that can be used to serve shortened URLs under your own custom domain. - https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink
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Installing Docker
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01. Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
# 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 - $USER
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Running Shlink Container
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01. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
# create working directories
mkdir ~/docker/shlink -p && mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p
# set owner of working directories
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
# run the mariadb docker container
docker run -d --name mariadb -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD='r00tp@$$' -e MYSQL_USER=shlinkio_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD='$hlink10!' -e MYSQL_DATABASE=shlinkio -v ~/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
# run the shlink docker container
docker run -d --name shlink --link mariadb -e DEFAULT_DOMAIN=b.rto:8080 -e USE_HTTPS=false -e DB_DRIVER=maria -e DB_NAME=shlinkio -e DB_USER=shlinkio_rw -e DB_PASSWORD='$hlink10!' -e DB_HOST=mariadb -e DB_PORT=3306 -p 8080:8080 --restart=unless-stopped shlinkio/shlink:stable
# run the shlink web client
docker run -d --name shlink-web-client -p 8888:80 -v ~/docker/shlink/servers.json:/usr/share/nginx/html/servers.json --restart=unless-stopped shlinkio/shlink-web-client
# generate shlink API key
docker exec -it shlink shlink api-key:generate
02. Copy the generated API key to the clipboard
03. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8888
04. Click the Add a server button
05. Enter a name for the server, the URL should be http://DNSorIP:8080 and paste the copied API key created earlier
06. Welcome to Shlink
Source: https://hub.docker.com/r/shlinkio/shlink
Documentation: https://shlink.io/documentation/install-docker-image/
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