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systems:media_server:set_up_the_docker_environment

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Systems - Media Server - Set Up the Docker Environment

Directory Structure

Setup a specific directory structure so have everything centralized in one place

code bash> mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/appdata mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/compose mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/logs mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/scripts mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/secrets mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/shared mkdir -p /home/peter/docker/.env </code>

NOTE:

  • appdata - this directory will store the data for all apps and services.
  • compose - this directory will have a sub-directory for each host, inside which all the individual Docker Compose files will be stored.
  • logs - to centralize all relevant logs.
  • scripts - to store all scripts.
  • secrets - to store credentials used by apps securely.
  • shared - to store shared information.
  • .env - to store credentials used by apps securely as variable names.

Set permissions for the secrets directory

sudo chown root:root /home/peter/docker/secrets
sudo chmod 600 /home/peter/docker/secrets

NOTE: Setting permissions of the secrets directory to 600, makes this directory accessible only to the root user, adding a layer of security while accessing sensitive information.


Create and set permissions for the .env file

touch /home/peter/docker/.env
sudo chown root:root /home/peter/docker/.env
sudo chmod 600 /home/peter/docker/.env

NOTE: Setting permissions of the secrets directory to 600, makes this directory accessible only to the root user, adding a layer of security while accessing sensitive information.


Create the master docker-compose file

touch /home/peter/docker/docker-compose-master.yml

NOTE: This is the configuration file for all services.


systems/media_server/set_up_the_docker_environment.1749028883.txt.gz · Last modified: 2025/06/04 09:21 by peter

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