systems:media_server:set_up_the_docker_environment
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| systems:media_server:set_up_the_docker_environment [2025/06/04 09:41] – peter | systems:media_server:set_up_the_docker_environment [2025/06/05 21:48] (current) – [Create and set permissions for the .env file] peter | ||
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| ===== Directory Structure ===== | ===== Directory Structure ===== | ||
| - | Setup a specific directory structure so have everything centralized in one place | + | Setup a specific directory structure so have everything centralized in one place: |
| - | code bash> | + | <code bash> |
| mkdir -p / | mkdir -p / | ||
| mkdir -p / | mkdir -p / | ||
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| mkdir -p / | mkdir -p / | ||
| mkdir -p / | mkdir -p / | ||
| - | mkdir -p / | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| * **secrets** - to store credentials used by apps securely. | * **secrets** - to store credentials used by apps securely. | ||
| * **shared** - to store shared information. | * **shared** - to store shared information. | ||
| - | * **.env** - to store credentials used by apps securely as variable names. | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo chown root:root / | + | sudo chown peter:docker |
| sudo chmod 600 / | sudo chmod 600 / | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| <WRAP info> | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | + | **NOTE: |
| </ | </ | ||
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| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| touch / | touch / | ||
| - | sudo chown root:root / | + | sudo chown peter:docker |
| sudo chmod 600 / | sudo chmod 600 / | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| <WRAP info> | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | + | **NOTE: |
| + | |||
| + | * Setting permissions of the **secrets** directory to 600, makes this directory accessible only to the specified | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| ---- | ---- | ||
| - | ===== Create the master | + | ===== Create the mediaserver |
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | touch / | + | touch / |
| </ | </ | ||
| <WRAP info> | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | + | **NOTE: |
| </ | </ | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| + | <WRAP info> | ||
| + | **NOTE: | ||
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| + | * **PUID** and **PGID** - the user ID and group ID of the Linux user (peter), who we want to run the home server apps as. | ||
| + | * Both of these can be obtained using the **id** command: <code bash> | ||
| + | * **TZ** - the time zone that you want to set for your containers. | ||
| + | * Get your TZ from this [[https:// | ||
| + | * **USERDIR** - the path to the home directory of the current user. | ||
| + | * **DOCKERDIR** - the docker root directory that will house all persistent data folders for docker apps. | ||
| + | * **MEDIADIR1** - the directory that stores the media, downloads, and other stuff. | ||
| + | * This could be an external drive or a network directory. | ||
| + | * **HOSTNAME** - is the name of the docker host. | ||
| + | * To determine the hostname run: <code bash> | ||
| + | |||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Create the Docker Compose Mediaserver Directory ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | mkdir / | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | <WRAP info> | ||
| + | **NOTE: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * But, the individual Docker Compose files for the apps will be created inside the compose directory. | ||
| + | |||
| + | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== References ===== | ||
| + | https:// | ||
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