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    Before you get started, you should install Docker and Docker Compose. For your convenience, we've provided OS-specific instructions for installing Docker on our page for Centos 7 or Ubuntu 20.04.

     

    Configuring Docker-Compose:

     curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

     

    Assign permissions to execute:

     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

     

    After installation, check the version of Docker-Compose:

    
     
     docker-compose --version

     

     

    Preparing the Docker Compose configuration: To deploy Filegator using Docker Compose, create a docker-compose.yaml file in the main directory of your project that will contain the parameters for the filegator container.

    For ease of organization, let's create a special directory for this project:

     mkdir /home/filegator && cd /home/filegator

     

     

    If it's more convenient for you, you can choose another location to post this and your other projects.

    Use the following repository to get the docker-compose.yaml file: https://hub.docker.com/r/filegator/filegator.

    Create a file *.yaml for Docker-Compose:

     

     version: '2' services: filegator: container_name: filegator image: filegator/filegator restart: always ports: - "8080:8080" volumes: # common mount points are listed here # make sure filegator can read/write to the mounted volume
    
          # mount local folder as a repository - ./files:/var/www/filegator/repository
    
          # locally stored users.json file # - ./users.json:/var/www/filegator/private/users.json
    
          # load your own custom configuration file # - ./configuration.php:/var/www/filegator/configuration.php 

     

     

    1. services:: This is the primary key that points to the services that will run using this configuration.

    2. filegator:: This is the name of the service. You can name your services whatever you want, but here it is named "filegator".

    3. container_name: filegator: This specifies the name of the Docker container that will be created. If you do not specify this name, Docker will automatically generate a unique name for the container.

    4. image: filegator/filegator: This is the Docker image that will be used to create the container. This image is located on Docker Hub under the name "filegator/filegator".

    5. restart: always: This directive tells Docker to restart the container whenever it stops. This can be useful if you want your service to be available at all times.

    6. ports:: These are the ports that will be forwarded from the container to the host machine.

       

      • "8080:8080": The host's port 8080 will be forwarded to port 8080 in the container.
    7. volumes:: Describes the volumes or folders that will be forwarded from the host system to the container.

      • ./files:/var/www/filegator/repository: The local folder "files" (located next to the docker-compose file) will be thrown into the container as /var/www/filegator/repository.
      • ./users.json:/var/www/filegator/private/users.json: This line is commented out, but if uncommented, the local file users.json will be available in the container as /var/www/filegator/private/users.json.
      • ./configuration.php:/var/www/filegator/configuration.php: This is also commented out, but if activated will throw configuration.php into the container.

     

    Starting and installing Filegator

     

    Now that we have the file docker-compose.yaml, and we can start the Filegator container using the command:

     docker-compose up -d

     

     

    This command initiates the Filegator container and runs in the background thanks to the -d parameter. Using instructions from the docker-compose.yaml file, Docker Compose automates the process of loading and initializing the Filegator container.

     

     

    To verify that the Filegator container is active, apply the following command:

     docker ps | grep filegator

     

     

    Closure

     

    At this point, Filegator has been successfully integrated and configured in Docker.  To get to the Filegator workspace, open a browser and go to http://your_domain_or_ip/filegator. 

    Login and password: admin:admin123

     

    If you received an error:

     Folder not writable: /repository/

     

    Give permissions to the folder:

     chmod -R 777 ./files