Making installation permanent

Modify Go file

To make the installation of compose permanent (to survive reboots), you need to edit your Go file. This is a file on your flash drive.

You can access the file via the flash share, which if using SMB will be at \\YOURSERVER\flash\config\go

You can also edit it using the terminal by typing nano /boot/config/go and pressing enter.

Whatever method you used to install docker compose, you can paste it in here at the bottom of the file. Use # to leave yourself a comment explaining what it is, e.g.

# Installs Docker compose permanently
COMPOSE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Make note of how you edited your Go file as you may want to add some additions to it later.

Using User Scripts Plugin

First go to the Community Applications tab and find and install the “User Scripts” plugin.

Once installed go to the userscripts page and create a new user scripts. Give it a friendly name such as “installDockerCompose” and edit the script

#!/bin/bash

## First Install  docker compose
COMPOSE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

# make file executable with command beneath
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Click save. You will also want to change the schedule to “At Startup of Array” and now you’ll always have docker compose installed.

Alternative Method Using Docker Container

You can add a docker conatiner of your own by filling out your own template. Provide a name, repository, and other configuration needed. In this case we can use the official docker/compose image.

1. Go to Docker tab and select “Add Container”.
2. Toggle “Advanced View”
3. Provide a name for your stack i.e. WebStack
4. Repository docker/compose
5. In Post Arguments you need to provide values to the container. In this example -f /data/webstack/docker-compose.yml --env-file /data/webstack/.env up -d --build
6. The docker-compose.yml and .env file are bind-mounted into the container. For this example our docker-compose.yml path is /mnt/user/appdata/webstack/docker-compose.yml Select Add another Path, Port, Variable, Label or Device.
   • Config Type: Path
   • Name: Data
   • Container Path: /data
   • Host Path: /mnt/user/appdata/
7. Bind-mount the docker socket
   • Config Type: Path
   • Name: docker
   • Container Path: /var/run/docker.sock
   • Host Path: /var/run/docker.sock