feat(video): webtop

Author: timothystewart6

_posts/2021-06-20-webtop-container.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Linux desktop, inside of a container, inside of a browser???  Yes. A Webtop."
+date: 2021-06-05 09:00:00 -0500
+categories: self-hosted
+tags: homelab traefik portainer docker self-hosted ubuntu
+---
+
+[![Linux desktop, inside of a container, inside of a browser???  Yes. A Webtop.?](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gd9bvdkIXOQ/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9bvdkIXOQ "Linux desktop, inside of a container, inside of a browser???  Yes. A Webtop.?")
+
+Have you ever thought about running a Linux desktop inside of a container?  Me neither until I found this awesome project from LinuxServer called Webtops.  A webtop is a technology stack that allows you to run Ubuntu or Alpine Linux within a container that is fully accessible from a browser.  This allows you to use most Linux features with a container with a fraction of the cost of resources.  Join me as we configure one from beginning to end. 
+
+[Watch Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9bvdkIXOQ)
+
+## Docker Setup
+
+### Install Docker
+```bash
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install \
+    apt-transport-https \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    gnupg \
+    lsb-release
+```
+
+```bash
+ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+```
+
+```bash
+ echo \
+  "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+```
+
+```bash
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
+```
+
+```bash
+ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
+```
+You'll need to log out then back in to apply this
+
+### Install Docker Compose
+
+```bash
+sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+```
+
+```bash
+sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+```
+
+## Webtop
+
+`docker-compose.yml` and `.env` can be found [here](https://github.com/techno-tim/techno-tim.github.io/tree/master/reference_files/webtop-container/) 
+ 
+
+## Files and folders
+
+```bash 
+mkdir webtop
+cd webtop
+mkdir config
+cd ..
+nano docker-compose.yml
+```
+
+### Create Webtop container
+
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
+```

reference_files/webtop-container/.env

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+PASSWORD=P@ssw0rd!

reference_files/webtop-container/docker-compose.yml

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+---
+    version: "2.1"
+    services:
+      webtop:
+        image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/webtop:ubuntu-mate #choose your flavor
+        container_name: webtop
+        #privileged: true #optional but not needed unless you are running kde or i3 or other tools
+        environment:
+          - PUID=1000 # based on id
+          - PGID=1000 # based on group
+          - TZ=America/Chicago # your timezone
+        volumes:
+          - /home/user/webtop/config:/config #home directory
+          #- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock #optional only if you need access to docker winthin this container
+        ports:
+          - 3000:3000
+        shm_size: "2gb" #optional but set to 1GB or higher to prevent browser crashes
+        restart: unless-stopped
+        # env_file:  #only necessary if you want to change the password, see .env file
+        #   - .env