What is LimeSurvey?
[LimeSurvey is] a powerful, open-source survey platform. A free alternative to SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, making it simple to create online surveys and forms with unmatched flexibility. - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey
Installing Docker
- Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
# 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 - $USER
Running LimeSurvey Container
- Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
# create working directories
mkdir ~/docker/limesurvey -p && mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p
# set owner of docker directory
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
# allow the container to write to working directories
sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/limesurvey
# create containers network
docker network create containers
# run the mariadb docker container
docker run -d --name mariadb --network containers -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=r00tp@$$ -e MYSQL_USER=limesurvey_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD='L!m3Surv3Y' -e MYSQL_DATABASE=limesurvey -v ~/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql -p 3306:3306 --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest
# run the limesurvey container
docker run -d --name limesurvey --network containers -e DB_TYPE=mysql -e DB_HOST=mariadb -e DB_PORT=3306 -e DB_USERNAME=limesurvey_rw -e DB_PASSWORD='L!m3Surv3Y' -e DB_NAME=limesurvey -e DB_TABLE_PREFIX=" " -e ADMIN_USER=admin -e ADMIN_NAME=administrator -e ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@change.me -e ADMIN_PASSWORD=SomethingSecure -v ~/docker/limesurvey:/var/www/html/upload/surveys -p 8080:8080 --restart=unless-stopped martialblog/limesurvey - Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080/index.php/admin/
- Login using the admin credentials set in the environment variables
- Welcome to LimeSurvey
Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/martialblog/limesurvey, https://github.com/martialblog/docker-limesurvey