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            <h1>Run MeshCentral - Remote Management Site - in Docker</h1>
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          <h2>What is MeshCentral?</h2>

<blockquote><em>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. -<a href="https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral" target="_blank">https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral</a></em></blockquote>

<h2>Installing Docker</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux based device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in the terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates git 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 MeshCentral</h2>

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	<li>Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the MeshCentral Docker container and run it
	<div class="codeBlock"># create working directories<br />
	mkdir ~/docker/meshcentral/{data,user_files} -p &amp;&amp; mkdir ~/docker/mongodb -p<br />
	# set owner of working directories<br />
	sudo chown &quot;$USER&quot;:&quot;$USER&quot; ~/docker -R<br />
	# create docker network<br />
	docker network create containers<br />
	# run mongodb container<br />
	docker run -d --name=mongodb --network containers -v ~/docker/mongodb:/data/db --restart=unless-stopped mongo<br />
	# run meshcentral container<br />
	# update the HOSTNAME variable<br />
	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<br />
	# update the config file<br />
	sed -Ei &#39;s/(&quot;NewAccounts&quot;: &quot;false&quot;,)/&quot;NewAccounts&quot;: &quot;false&quot;,\n\t&quot;allowedOrigin&quot;: true,/&#39; ~/docker/meshcentral/data/config.json<br />
	# restart the container<br />
	docker restart meshcentral</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to https://DNSorIP:8086</li>
	<li>Accept the certificate warning</li>
	<li>Click the link to create an account</li>
	<li>Complete the form by entering an username, email and password &gt; Click Create Account</li>
	<li>Welcome to MeshCentral running in Docker</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://github.com/Typhonragewind/meshcentral-docker" target="_blank">https://github.com/Typhonragewind/meshcentral-docker</a></p>          </div>
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