# Running Uptime Kuma in Docker on Ubuntu Server

## What is Uptime Kuma?

> Uptime Kuma is a fancy self-hosted monitoring tool. -https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma

## 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 Uptime Kuma

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Uptime Kuma container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir /home/$USER/docker/uptimekuma -p
   # set owner of working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/docker -R
   # run the uptime kuma container
   docker run -d --name uptimekuma -p 3001:3001 -v /home/$USER/docker/uptimekuma:/app/data --restart=unless-stopped louislam/uptime-kuma:latest
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3001
3. Select a language and create an administrator username and password > Click Create
4. Welcome to Uptime Kuma

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/louislam/uptime-kuma