Homebox is a simple and lightweight self-hosted dashboard that allows you to monitor and manage your Linux server using a web interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Homebox on Linux Mint latest.
Before you begin, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
First, we need to install Docker and Docker Compose on our system. You can follow the below command to install both.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker.io docker-compose
Once the installation is completed, you can check the installed versions of Docker and Docker Compose using the following commands.
docker -v
docker-compose -v
Next, you need to clone the Homebox repository from GitHub using the following command.
git clone https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox.git
Once the repository is cloned successfully, navigate to the homebox directory using the following command.
cd homebox
Now, you need to configure the Homebox using the config.env file. First, copy the config.env.sample file to config.env.
cp config.env.sample config.env
Next, edit the config.env file and update the following information.
DOCKER_LOCALHOST=<your server IP>
HOMEBREW_ENABLE=yes
Save and close the file.
Once the configuration is completed, you can start the Homebox using the following command.
sudo docker-compose up -d
The above command will download all the necessary Docker images and start the Homebox services. Once the services are started successfully, you can access the Homebox dashboard using the URL http://<your server IP>:8080.
In the Homebox login screen, use the following credentials to log in.
Username: admin
Password: changeme
After login with the above credentials, you will redirect to the Homebox dashboard, where you can customize and monitor your server.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Homebox on Linux Mint latest. You can now monitor and manage your Linux server using the Homebox dashboard.
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