Managing Container Apps
The digital library is being served using Docker containers. In a nutshell, running a Docker app requires firstly a Docker image, and secondly a Docker Container which will is the running app based on the Docker image. To create our library container, we will need to install the app Container Station.
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Click on AppCenter.
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Search for and install Container Station.
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Launch Container Station and accept all default options.
Data is managed using volumes attached from the host file system to Docker containers. For this set-up, we will set up a non-root user to run the Docker containers, alongside volumes that are needed to store the associated app data.
Creating a Docker user
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Click on Users in QTS.
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Create a user named
dockuser
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Set a password. Leave all settings at default options.