Docker-Compose method - Recommended

Install Docker

Update the repo to get latest versions

sudo apt update

Install the latest version

sudo apt install docker.io

Set Docker to start on startup

sudo systemctl enable --now docker

Give your user permissions to docker, replacing user with your username

sudo usermod -aG docker user

Once you have run this command close and reopen your session if you accessing remotely. This is to apply the permissions in the above step

Test it has installed correctly by getting the docker version

docker --version

Docker Compose

I also install docker-compose as some dockers need you to compose from a yml file. This downloads v2.16.0, just change this if the version updates to a later version

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.16.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Give permissions to this

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Test it has installed correctly by getting the docker-compose version

docker-compose --version

Install Viewtube

I keep all my dockers in a dockers folder in my home directory. If it doesn’t exist already, create this folder:-

mkdir ~/dockers

Now create a folder for Viewtube to live in.

mkdir ~/dockers/viewtube

Create a folder for the data

mkdir ~/dockers/viewtube/data ~/dockers/viewtube/data/redis ~/dockers/viewtube/data/db

Change directory to this folder

cd ~/dockers/viewtube

Create a docker-compose.yml file

nano docker-compose.yml

Paste the following. Change the first 8066 part of 8066:8066 if you want it to listen on an alternative port to port 8066. If you have a custom domain update the VIEWTUBE_URL at VIEWTUBE_URL=https://viewtube.domain.com and remove the #

version: "3"
services:
    viewtube:
        container_name: viewtube
        restart: unless-stopped
        image: mauriceo/viewtube:0.9
        depends_on:
            - viewtube-mongodb
            - viewtube-redis
        networks:
            - viewtube
        volumes:
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - ./data:/data
        environment:
            #- VIEWTUBE_URL=https://viewtube.domain.com/
            - VIEWTUBE_DATABASE_HOST=viewtube-mongodb
            - VIEWTUBE_REDIS_HOST=viewtube-redis
            - VIEWTUBE_DATA_DIRECTORY=/data
        ports:
            - 8066:8066
    viewtube-mongodb:
        container_name: viewtube-mongodb
        image: mongo:4.4
        networks:
            - viewtube
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - ./data/db:/data/db
    viewtube-redis:
        container_name: viewtube-redis
        image: redis:6
        networks:
            - viewtube
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - ./data/redis:/data
networks:
    viewtube:

Save the file with ctl + x, then y to save.

Run the docker-compose file with the following:-

docker-compose up -d

Browse to the server ip and the port mentioned in the compose file, eg http://1.1.1.1:8066 and you should get the default dashboard.