Be Your Own Cloud code · PART 2 — FOUNDATION

Chapter 6 Docker and Compose from Zero

4 blocks · pp. 29–30 in the paperback

Going further than the chapter: Docker and Compose, Properly Installed

Installing Docker

# p. 29

Run Terminal, on the server

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
# Log out and back in for the group change to apply, then verify:
docker run hello-world

The Folder Convention This Whole Book Uses

# p. 30

Reference Folder layout — for reference, not to paste

/opt/stacks/
  vaultwarden/
    docker-compose.yml
    .env
    data/
  nextcloud/
    docker-compose.yml
    .env
  pihole/
    docker-compose.yml
    .env

# p. 30

Run Terminal, on the server

sudo mkdir -p /opt/stacks
sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/stacks

The Commands You'll Actually Use

# p. 30

Run Terminal, inside a service's folder

# start in the background
docker compose up -d
# follow the logs — your first stop when something's wrong
docker compose logs -f
# fetch newer versions of your pinned images
docker compose pull
# stop and remove containers (data in volumes survives this)
docker compose down
# what's actually running right now
docker compose ps

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