# Run Group Office Collaboration Suite in Docker

## What is Group Office?

> Group-Office is an enterprise CRM and groupware tool. Collaborate, Share projects, calendars, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients. Easy to use and fully customizable. -https://www.group-office.com/

## 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 Group Office

1. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/group-office/{data,conf,share,tmp} -p && mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p
   # create a config.php file
   sudo touch ~/docker/group-office/conf/config.php
   # set ownership on the working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
   # allow the container to write to working directories
   sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/group-office
   # create containers network
   docker network create containers
   # run the mariadb docker container
   docker run -d --name mariadb --network containers -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=r00tp@$$ -e MYSQL_USER=groupoffice_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=Grou40ff1c3 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=group_office -v ~/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql -p 3306:3306 --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
   # run the group-office docker image
   docker run -d --name group-office --network containers -e MYSQL_USER=groupoffice_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=Grou40ff1c3 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=group_office -e MYSQL_HOST=mariadb -p 9000:80 -v ~/docker/group-office/conf:/etc/groupoffice -v ~/docker/group-office/data:/var/lib/groupoffice -v ~/docker/group-office/tmp:/tmp/groupoffice --restart=unless-stopped intermesh/groupoffice
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:9000
3. Click Continue at the welcome screen
4. Click Continue at the system requirements check
5. Complete the database configuration using the values below

   Database user=groupoffice_rw
   Database password=Grou40ff1c3
   Database name=group_office
   Database hostname=mariadb
   Database port=3306

6. Click Continue
7. Create an administrator account by entering an Email, Username and password > Select a Language > Click Install
8. Once the installation completes, click Continue
9. Login using the username and password setup earlier
10. If prompted, enter and confirm a new password
11. Welcome to Group Office

Documentation: https://github.com/Intermesh/docker-groupoffice/