Personal Home Lab/Self-Hosting Server using docker-compose

Information

DESCRIPTION

	EVERYTHING MUST BE CONTAINERIZED!
	Dotfiles, Configurations, Installers

Initially created just to test out containerizing my self-host setup (traditionally install on bare metal), 
currently this is an all-in-one Docker repository to contain various 
    - Servers, 
    - Web Services, 
    - Networking Protocols or 
    - general services that can be ran on docker

If it can be ran on docker, it should be added into the repository.

Architectures

• AMD64 : Generic 64-bit CPU architecture; Equals to x86_64
• x86 : 32-bit CPU architecture
• x86_64 : Generic 64-bit CPU architecture
• arm : 32-bit ARM; arm/v6/v7/v8
• arm64 : 64-bit ARM; arm64/v7/v8
• armvhf : 32-bit ARM

Quickstart Guide

Folders

• files

  Contains various combination/types of services and/or groups of services together based on the combinations in a single docker-compose environment. 
  - Examples
      + NAS File Server : Samba, Jellyfin
      + Network Server : ipsec vpn server, pihole
  

• production

  - This folder is essentially a plug-and-play (for me, at least) docker-compose environment template for self-hosting with either ARM(64)v7 and above devices, as well as general AMD64/x86 devices.
      + Similar to a dotfile repository, this is so that I can easily deploy these environments into my server production with just a single clone.
  - I have already tested on my ArchLinux Virtual Machine docker Testbench, 
      + thus, you just need to change the variables and 
      + are ready to be deployed in a real production server environment.
  - [Security] 
      + The files you see here have all been sanitized such that sensitive information in files, environment variables are all replaced with skeleton text to explain what to input, and are all safe for referral and usage as a template.
      + Always ensure that security and private information such as public IP address (if any), usernames and passwords, credentials etc are erased from your open source configs if you are pushing it to any remote git repository server.
      + Always Remember to read the code before deployment.
  

• services

  This folder contains subfolders for every individual services that holds Dockerfiles, docker-compose environment files and dependencies to startup that specific service individually. 
  

  • Note:
    • This folder is entirely surrounding starting up the service via docker, thus, please refer to the official documentation and/or (shameless plug starts) my guides for that server utility at SharedSpace if available (shameless plug end.) if you want to install the system on bare metal.
• stacks
  • This folder contains docker image/services that uses effectively a stack, such as MERN, Nextcloud-LetsEncrypt-MySQL.
  • Note:
    • The docker-compose and/or service files in here does not necessarily need to be stacks, it can also be services that requires more than 1 external containers
      • i.e.
        • TubeArchivist

Setup

Pre-Requisites

• (Optional) If using on a Hypervisor
  • VirtualBox
    • Setup NATNetwork for inter-vm network communication
    • Add a new Bridge network adapter in the network of the server Virtual Machine

Dependencies

• docker : for...docker and dockerfile
• docker-compose : for running docker-compose

Documentation

Usage

• Startup docker-compose environment with building of Dockerfiles

  • Notes
    • Certain docker containers (i.e. my samba share) are built from scratch using Dockerfile and docker-compose, thus you need to run build

  docker-compose up -d --build

• Startup docker-compose environment

  docker-compose up -d {container-name(s)}

• Teardown docker-compose environment

  docker-compose down

• Stop docker-compose environment

  docker-compose stop {container-name(s)}

• Start docker-compose environment

  docker-compose start {container-name(s)}

• Restart docker-compose environment

  • Leaving 'container-name' empty will restart all containers in the compose environment

  docker-compose restart [container-name]

• Open Interactive Shell in docker-compose

  docker-compose run [service-name]

• Check Error Logs

  • Generally you will want to do this if the container keeps restarting

  docker logs [container-name]

• Inspect docker image/container details

  docker inspect [image/container-name]

• Jump into container

  • Useful for checking container files for clues

  docker exec -it [container-name] [shell]

• Restart only a specific container

  • Perhaps, to refresh your server after changing a config

  docker container restart [container-name]

• Execute command in container and get standard output (stdout)

  docker exec -t [container-name] /bin/bash -c "[your-command]"

Wiki

Resources

References

Remarks