# Run FocalBoard - Project and Task Management Platform - in Docker
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## What is FocalBoard?

> Focalboard is an open source, multilingual, self-hosted project management tool that's an alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. It helps define, organize, track and manage work across individuals and teams. -https://github.com/mattermost/focalboard

## 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 FocalBoard

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the FocalBoard Docker container and run it
   # create working directories
   mkdir ~/docker/focalboard/files -p
   # set owner of working directories
   sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
   # allow the container to write to working directories
   sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/focalboard
   # run focalboard container
   docker run -d --name focalboard -v ~/docker/focalboard/:/opt/focalboard/data -p 8000:8000 --restart=unless-stopped mattermost/focalboard
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000
3. Click the link to create an account
4. Completed the form by entering an email, username and password > Click Register
5. Welcome to FocalBoard running in Docker

Source: https://www.focalboard.com/download/personal-edition/docker/