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Repairs broken internal hyperlinks by restoring internal anchors. Restored anchors converted to null-anchor form. Signed-off-by: Phill Kelley <[email protected]>
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This document discusses an IOTstack-specific version of Blynk-Server. It is built on top of an [Ubuntu](https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu) base image using a *Dockerfile*.
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## References
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## <a name="references"></a>References
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- [Ubuntu base image](https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu) at DockerHub
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- [Peter Knight Blynk-Server fork](https://github.com/Peterkn2001/blynk-server) at GitHub (includes documentation)
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## Significant directories and files
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## <a name="significantFiles"></a>Significant directories and files
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## How Blynk Server gets built for IOTstack
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## <a name="howBlynkServerIOTstackGetsBuilt"></a>How Blynk Server gets built for IOTstack
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### GitHub Updates
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### <a name="dockerHubImages"></a>GitHub Updates
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Periodically, the source code is updated and a new version is released. You can check for the latest version at the [releases page](https://github.com/Peterkn2001/blynk-server/releases/).
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### IOTstack menu
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### <a name="iotstackMenu"></a>IOTstack menu
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When you select Blynk Server in the IOTstack menu, the *template service definition* is copied into the *Compose* file.
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> Under old menu, it is also copied to the *working service definition* and then not really used.
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### IOTstack first run
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### <a name="iotstackFirstRun"></a>OTstack first run
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## <a name="logging"></a>Logging
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## Changing Blynk Server's configuration
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## <a name="editConfiguration"></a>Changing Blynk Server's configuration
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## Getting a clean slate
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## <a name="cleanSlate"></a>Getting a clean slate
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## <a name="upgradingBlynkServer"></a>Upgrading Blynk Server
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The second `prune` will only be needed if there is an old *base image* and that, in turn, depends on the version of `docker-compose` you are using and how your version of `docker-compose` builds local images.
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## Using Blynk Server
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## <a name="usingBlynkServer"></a>Using Blynk Server
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### Connecting to the administrative UI
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### <a name="blynkAdmin"></a>Connecting to the administrative UI
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### <a name="changePassword"></a>Change username and password
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### <a name="gmailSetup"></a>Setup gmail
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### <a name="mobileSetup"></a>iOS/Android app setup
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