# Run MeshCentral - Remote Management Site - in Docker

## What is MeshCentral?

> MeshCentral is a full computer management web site. With MeshCentral, you can run your own web server to remotely manage and control computers on a local network or anywhere on the internet. -https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral

## 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 git 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 MeshCentral

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the MeshCentral Docker container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/meshcentral/{data,user_files} -p && mkdir ~/docker/mongodb -p
   # set owner of working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
   # create docker network
   docker network create containers
   # run mongodb container
   docker run -d --name=mongodb --network containers -v ~/docker/mongodb:/data/db --restart=unless-stopped mongo
   # run meshcentral container
   # update the HOSTNAME variable
   docker run -d --name=meshcentral --network containers -p 8086:443 -e HOSTNAME=ubuntuserver.local -e REVERSE_PROXY=false -e IFRAME=false -e ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=false -e WEBRTC=false -e NODE_ENV=production -v ~/docker/meshcentral/data:/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-data -v ~/docker/meshcentral/user_files:/opt/meshcentral/meshcentral-files --restart=unless-stopped typhonragewind/meshcentral:mongodb-latest
   # update the config file
   sed -Ei 's/("NewAccounts": "false",)/"NewAccounts": "false",\n\t"allowedOrigin": true,/' ~/docker/meshcentral/data/config.json
   # restart the container
   docker restart meshcentral
2. Open a web browser and navigate to https://DNSorIP:8086
3. Accept the certificate warning
4. Click the link to create an account
5. Complete the form by entering an username, email and password > Click Create Account
6. Welcome to MeshCentral running in Docker

Source: https://github.com/Typhonragewind/meshcentral-docker