# Run Easy!Appointments - Appointment Scheduler System - in Docker

## What is Easy!Appointments?

> Easy!Appointments is a highly customizable web application that allows customers to book appointments with you via a sophisticated web interface. Moreover, it provides the ability to sync your data with Google Calendar so you can use them with other services. It is an open source project that you can download and install even for commercial use. Easy!Appointments will run smoothly with your existing website as it can be installed in a single folder of the server and of course share an existing database. -https://github.com/alextselegidis/easyappointments#about

## 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 Easy!Appointments

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Easy!Appointments Docker container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -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=easy_appointments_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=EasyAppo1ntm3nts! -e MYSQL_DATABASE=easy_appointments -v /home/$USER/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
   # run the easy!appointments docker container
   docker run -d --name easy-appointments --network containers -p 8089:80 -e DB_HOST=mariadb -e DB_NAME=easy_appointments -e DB_USERNAME=easy_appointments_rw -e DB_PASSWORD=EasyAppo1ntm3nts! --restart=unless-stopped alextselegidis/easyappointments

## Easy!Appointments Web Installer

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8089
2. The Easy!Appointments Installation web installer should be load
3. Complete the Administrator and Company form fields > Click Install Easy!Appointments
4. Welcome to Easy!Appointments

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/alextselegidis/easyappointments