# Run FreshRSS - RSS Feed Aggregator - in Docker

## What is FreshRSS?

> FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator. It is lightweight, easy to work with, powerful, and customizable. -https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS

## Installing Docker

1. Log into the Linux based device
2. Run the following commands in the terminal
   # install prerequisites
   sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
   # add docker gpg key
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   # add docker software repository
   sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
   # install docker
   sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
   # enable and start docker service
   sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
   # add the current user to the docker group
   sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
   # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
   su - $USER

## Running FreshRSS

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the FreshRSS Docker container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p && mkdir ~/docker/freshrss/{data,extensions} -p
   # set owner of working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
   # create containers network
   docker network create containers
   # run the mariadb docker container
   docker run -d --name mariadb --network containers --network-alias db -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=r00tp@ss -e MYSQL_USER=freshrss_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=Fr3shRSS! -e MYSQL_DATABASE=freshrss -v /home/$USER/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
   # run the freshrss docker container
   docker run -d --name freshrss --network containers -p 8089:80 -e 'CRON_MIN=1,31' -e TZ=America/New_York -v ~/docker/freshrss/data:/var/www/FreshRSS/data -v ~/docker/freshrss/extensions:/var/www/FreshRSS/extensions --restart=unless-stopped freshrss/freshrss
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8089
3. Select a Language > Click Submit
4. Click the Go to the next step button
5. Complete the database configuration form as follows

   Type of database: MySQL
   Host: mariadb
   Database username: freshrss_rw
   Database password: Fr3shRSS!
   Database: freshrss
   Table prefix:

6. Click the Go to the next step button
7. Enter a username and password > Click Submit
8. Click the Complete Installation button
9. Login with the username and password created earlier
10. Welcome to FreshRSS

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/freshrss/freshrss