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          <h2>What is Element?</h2>

<blockquote><em>Element (formerly known as Vector and Riot) is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix React SDK. -<a href="https://github.com/vector-im/element-web" target="_blank">https://github.com/vector-im/element-web</a></em></blockquote>

<h2>Installing Docker</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y<br />
	# add docker gpg key<br />
	curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F&#39;=&#39; &#39;/^ID=/{ print $NF }&#39; /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -<br />
	# add docker software repository<br />
	sudo add-apt-repository &quot;deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F&#39;=&#39; &#39;/^ID=/{ print $NF }&#39; /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable&quot;<br />
	# install docker<br />
	sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y<br />
	# enable and start docker service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable docker &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl start docker<br />
	# add the current user to the docker group<br />
	sudo usermod -aG docker $USER<br />
	# reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect<br />
	su - $USER</div>
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<h2>Running Element Web</h2>

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	<li>Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># create working directories<br />
	mkdir ~/docker/element -p<br />
	# download example config<br />
	wget -O ~/docker/element/config.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vector-im/element-web/develop/config.sample.json<br />
	# edit config.json if needed<br />
	nano ~/docker/element/config.json<br />
	# run the element web container<br />
	docker run --name elementweb -d -v ~/docker/element/config.json:/app/config.json -p 8080:80 --restart unless-stopped vectorim/element-web</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080</li>
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<p>Documentation: <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/vectorim/element-web" target="_blank">https://hub.docker.com/r/vectorim/element-web</a></p>          </div>
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