How to Install CapRover on Manjaro

CapRover is an open-source PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution that can help you run and deploy your web applications with ease. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CapRover on Manjaro Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Manjaro with sudo privileges
• Docker installed
• Docker-compose installed

Step 1: Download CapRover

First, open your terminal and download the latest CapRover files from the official website by running the following command:

$ curl -LO https://github.com/caprover/caprover/raw/master/docker-compose.arm64v8-caprover.yaml

Step 2: Configure CapRover

Next, open the docker-compose.arm64v8-caprover.yaml file in your favorite text editor.

$ nano docker-compose.arm64v8-caprover.yaml

At the end of the file, change the password and email values to your preferred values:

    environment:
      - INITIAL_PW=<password>
      - INITIAL_EMAIL=email=<email>

Step 3: Start CapRover

After you have configured CapRover, you can start it by running the following command in the terminal:

$ sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose.arm64v8-caprover.yaml up -d

This command will start CapRover in the background and you can check the status of the CapRover container by running the following command:

$ sudo docker ps -a

You should see the CapRover container running in the list.

Step 4: Connect to CapRover

Now we have successfully installed CapRover, we can connect to CapRover with a web browser. By default, CapRover is running on port 80. You can access it by visiting http://localhost/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install CapRover on Manjaro Linux. With CapRover, you can easily deploy your web applications on your own server without relying on third-party services.

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