The Blober Project—Deploy Integrated Apps Using Docker

This documentation is based on a very old version of Docker and many parts are probably outdated. The content is still available here for archival purpose. Please read with a grain of salt.

Table of Contents

• 1. Preface
  • 1.1. What is This Manual About?
  • 1.2. What is the Blober Project?
  • 1.3. Why the Blober Project?
• 2. Technical Overview
• 3. Set up the Host System
  • 3.1. Basic Setup and Preparation
  • 3.2. Install Docker
  • 3.3. Set up Dnsmasq
  • 3.4. Configure Postfix
  • 3.5. Enable SELinux (Optional but Recommended)
  • 3.6. Set up the Host System on Other GNU/Linux Distributions
• 4. Install Essential Software in Docker Containers
  • 4.1. Install Nginx
  • 4.2. Install MariaDB
  • 4.3. Install OpenLDAP
• 5. Common Administration Tasks
  • 5.1. Create a New Database and User in MariaDB
  • 5.2. Common Group Related Tasks in the OpenLDAP Database
• 6. Install Internet Apps in Docker Containers
  • 6.1. OwnCloud, A File Synchronization and Cloud Service
  • 6.2. Piwik, A Web Analytics Platform
  • 6.3. Prosody, An XMPP Communication Server
  • 6.4. Isso, A Commenting Server
  • 6.5. LTB Self Service Password, Allowing Users to Change Their Passwords
  • 6.6. Firefox Sync Server, Synchronizing Firefox Across Devices
• 7. Appendices
  • 7.1. Why Should We Use Our Own Server?
  • 7.2. Dnsmasq Auto Update Script
  • 7.3. List of Template Nginx Configuration Files
  • 7.4. Source Code of This Manual
  • 7.5. References
  • 7.6. License
• 8. Help and Feedback