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            <h1>Run Actual Budget - Open Source Finance Management - in Docker</h1>
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          <h2>What is Actual Budget?</h2>

<blockquote><em>Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. It is 100% free and open-source, written in NodeJS, it has a synchronization element so that all your changes can move between devices without any heavy lifting. -<a href="https://github.com/actualbudget/actual" target="_blank">https://github.com/actualbudget/actual</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 Actual</h2>

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	<li>Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Actual Docker container and run it
	<div class="codeBlock"># create working directories<br />
	mkdir ~/docker/actualbudget/data -p<br />
	# create config.json<br />
	touch ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json<br />
	# write empty config file<br />
	echo &quot;{}&quot; &gt; ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json<br />
	# set owner of working directories<br />
	sudo chown &quot;$USER&quot;:&quot;$USER&quot; ~/docker -R<br />
	# allow the container to write to working directories<br />
	sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/actualbudget<br />
	# run actual budget container<br />
	docker run -d --name actualbudget -p 5006:5006 -v ~/docker/actualbudget/config.json:/app/config.json -v ~/docker/actualbudget/data:/data --restart=unless-stopped actualbudget/actual-server</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:5006</li>
	<li>Click on the Advanced Options link</li>
	<li>Check the &quot;I understand the risks&quot; box &gt; Click Open Actual</li>
	<li>Enter and confirm an admin password</li>
	<li>Click Start Fresh</li>
	<li>Welcome to Actual running in Docker</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/docker/" target="_blank">https://actualbudget.org/docs/install/docker/</a></p>          </div>
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