How to Install myDrive on Elementary OS

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing myDrive, a cloud storage server, on Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following:

• A Linux-based operating system (Elementary OS)
• Docker version 1.13 or higher
• Git

If you don't have Docker or Git installed, you can install them by running the following commands:

sudo apt-get install docker 
sudo apt-get install git

Installation

To install myDrive, follow these steps:

1. Clone the myDrive repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/subnub/myDrive.git

2. Move into the cloned directory:

cd myDrive

3. Create a new directory for myDrive files:

mkdir -p /opt/myDrive-db

4. Build the myDrive Docker image:

docker build -t mydrive .

5. Run the myDrive container:

docker run -d --name mydrive -p 8080:8080 -v /opt/myDrive-db:/db mydrive

6. Verify that the container is running:

docker ps

You should see an output similar to the following:

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS          PORTS                    NAMES
f6da1508fea2   mydrive   "/bin/sh -c 'node /m…"   13 seconds ago   Up 9 seconds    0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp   mydrive

Congratulations! myDrive should now be running on port 8080 of your machine. You can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install myDrive on Elementary OS. For more information on how to use myDrive, refer to the project's documentation on GitHub.

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