Basic Docker Image Management Pointers

feedback@janusworx.com (Mario Jason Braganza) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:09:20 +0530

Stuff for future Jason to take note, when he tries to redo his Huginn instance …
I wanted a quick and easy way to install it, without messing up my base system much, so I chose the Docker route.
Now, I don’t know the A or D of Docker, so these quick notes for me to remember in the future.

I need to install Docker rootless, and bring it up as a systemd service.

If I want persistent data, I should create a Docker volume.
Create an env file to hold all the secrets that I want to pass to the container
I need to run and create my huggins instance first, give it a name, pass the env file and also remembering to mount the volume at the place I need
I can then start and stop the image with the name I assigned it.
I need to then tag the image with a policy to restart automatically
So everytime Docker comes up, it will start the container automatically.

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Basic Docker Image Management Pointers