Running Cachet Open Source Status Page System in Docker on Linux 🌱

What is Cachet?

Cachet is a beautiful and powerful open source status page system. -https://github.com/CachetHQ/Cachet

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 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 Cachet

  1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Cachet container and run it
    # create working directories
    mkdir /home/$USER/docker/postresql -p
    # set owner of working directories
    sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/docker -R
    # run the postgesql docker container
    docker run -d --name postgres -e POSTGRES_USER=cachet -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Cach3t -e POSTGRES_DB=cachet -v /home/$USER/docker/postresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data --restart=unless-stopped postgres:latest
    # run the cachet docker container
    docker run -d --name cachet --link postgres -e DB_DRIVER=pgsql -e DB_HOST=postgres -e DB_DATABASE=cachet -e DB_USERNAME=cachet -e DB_PASSWORD=Cach3t -e APP_KEY=base64:YAWZR/UkMlVTBWEET95ZGiL7g13mhNwaKF4hzYmo9oc= -e APP_ENV=production -p 8000:8000 --restart=unless-stopped cachethq/docker:latest
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000/setup
  3. The Cachet setup screen should be displayed
  4. Set the Cache, Queue and Session drivers to Database
  5. Optionally setup the SMTP host and email address > Click Next
  6. Enter a site name, set the timezone and language > Click Next
  7. Create an administrator account by entering a username, email address and password > Click Complete Setup
  8. Click the Go to dashboard button
  9. Login with the administator account created earlier
  10. Welcome to Cachet
  11. To view the status page navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/cachethq/docker