DockSTARTer is a bash-based software that simplifies the installation and configuration of services and applications for Docker. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DockSTARTer on NixOS Latest.
Before we start with the installation, make sure that you have:
First, we need to install git on the system. Git is a version control system that will be used to clone DockSTARTer repository from GitHub.
sudo nix-env -i git
Once the git is installed, let's clone DockSTARTer repository from GitHub by executing the following command.
git clone https://github.com/GhostWriters/DockSTARTer.git $HOME/dockstarter
After cloning the DockSTARTer repository, go to the DockSTARTer directory.
cd $HOME/dockstarter
We will now create a configuration file and provide the desired configuration values.
cp env.sample .env
nano .env
The .env file should be open in the nano editor. Edit the variables as per your preference.
# web access variables
DOMAIN_NAME=mydomain.com
WEBPROXY_SUBDOMAIN=subdomain
WEBPROXY_EMAIL=email@example.com
# timezone variables
TIMEZONE=America/New_York
# default variables
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=America/New_York
Now that everything is set up, let's run the DockSTARTer by executing the following command.
sudo docker-compose up -d
Once the command is executed, DockSTARTer will start installing all of the selected services and applications.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install DockSTARTer on NixOS Latest. You can now start adding more services and applications to your Docker environment using DockSTARTer.
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