Lemmy docker container?
Lemmy docker container?
Right now it looks like you can only run lemmy in docker-compose, is there work on an official container?
I think there's a misunderstanding. In the docker-compose.yml, you specify services, and these services can use the official container images. The only thing the docker-compose actually does is define your services so you don't have to specify them each time starting a container.
In Lemmy's docker install guide, they list a docker-compose with the following images:
- dessalines/lemmy for the back-end
- dessalines/lemmy-ui for the front-end
Hope this helps
Thanks! I'll definitely take a look
I've seen people posting that getting an instance up and running is difficult, so I hadn't checked it out. This looks pretty simple. Am I missing something?
I've heard that the install from scratch is hard, but that the ansible install was relatively straightforward.
As for the Docker setup, the hardest part is setting up the reverse proxy so that federation works.
I'm using the lemmy containers + lsio's SWAG as reverse proxy and it's worked flawlessly since I got it running.
Why would you not want to run it in docker compose?
I don't have easy access to compose on my NAS, it's a convenience thing really.
My understanding is docker-compose is just a glorified installation file where you can install multiple containers and configure their interoperability/file systems/other config stuff, whereas images are the actual installation files for that specific container.
IE I can run a docker-compose to install App X, mariadb, and (IDK some third thing) at one time, but using images I'd have to install App X, THEN mariadb, THEN mysterious third thing, haven't had enough coffee lol.
You can run it from an image without docker-compose but I'd recommend looking into docker-compose if you're not already familiar with it. @[email protected] has the idea right that it's just a powerful installation file and can automate your docker management process rather well if you're using it a lot.
You can build a container from an image but it's obviously more hands-on. Lemmy may have additional dependencies they include in the compose file that may not be present in the image source. but starting with something like
$ docker run --pull=always --restart=unless-stopped -d -p 80:8080 -v YOUR/PATH/TO/DATA:/data --name lemmy_backend [LEMMYREPO]:latestand configure that using proper configuration ( the links @[email protected] posted) - reference this for how to do that!
Be prepped for manual updates, though 😳
As someone who doesn't know much about this as I'm jumping in the deep end, what's the difference?
A Docker image is a read-only template that contains the instructions for building a container. A Docker compose file is a YAML file that defines a set of Docker services.
A Docker image is a static artifact that can be used to create multiple containers. A Docker compose file is a dynamic configuration file that can be used to create and manage containers at runtime.
Docker images are typically used for building and deploying applications. Docker compose files are typically used for managing and orchestrate containers.
That came out of an AI. I can deploy images more easily on my NAS, and I've worked with them in the past, so I want an official container so I can deploy it alongside all the other docker containers I have running.
Docker Compose is just a tool to elegantly lay out containers in a stack. It's not a replacement for containers and images. If you need the image names themselves for use outside of compose like in a NAS GUI setting, they would be in the compose file.
It looks like the compose file has a link to the container with Lemmy and lemmy-ui
Did anyone try to set up a dockerized Lemmy with traefik.io as router/proxy?