Command Line Usage¶

Assuming you already followed the installation steps in the readme, there are also a number of command line switches you can use with DockSTARTer.

Command Line Switches¶

Run The Install Script¶

ds -i

This script does the following:

• Updates your system using apt-get
• Installs curl, git, grep, and sed (git should already be installed if you started with the install instructions on the main page, but it's here just in case)
• Installs docker - by downloading via the official docker-install script, used to run containers

When the script finishes it will display a message informing you to reboot if this is the first time you've ran it.

Run The Compose Generator¶

ds -c

This script verifies the dependencies above and installs or updates them as needed, then creates a file ~/.docker/compose/docker-compose.yml based on the variables you configured in your ~/.docker/compose/.env file. The generator script will run your selected containers after creating the file.

We encourage you to have a look at the generated docker-compose.yml file, however if you wish to make changes please consider using overrides. Please review the Technical Info and Overrides / Introduction pages.

If you make any changes to your .env file (such as changing a port or enabling a new app) you need to rerun the generator which will rebuild only the affected containers.

Update DockSTARTer¶

ds -u

This should get you the latest changes to DockSTARTer. This will also backup and update your .env file.

You may separately backup and update your .env file with the following command.

ds -e

Then you may want to edit your .env file and run the generator again to bring up new apps or changes to existing apps.

Setup Your Environment¶

If you do not yet have a ~/.docker/compose/.env file:

ds -e

Edit the file using something like nano ~/.docker/compose/.env (CTRL+X will prompt to save and exit the nano editor)

Application Specific Variables¶

Adding Apps¶

You can add the variables required to run an app by running:

ds -a <APPNAME>

## Example:
ds -a sonarr

Then your .env file fill have a variable named <APPNAME>_ENABLED that you can set to true and then run the Compose Generator to start the app.

You may also need to fill in or adjust any other variables prefixed with the <APPNAME>_ that you're enabling.

This is the best place to change the app's external default ports.

Removing Apps¶

You can remove the variables for an app by running:

ds -r <APPNAME>

## Example:
ds -r sonarr

You can also remove all variables for all apps that are disabled by running:

ds -r

You will be prompted individually for each app and shown what will be removed.

Cleanup Unused Docker Resources¶

ds -p

This cleans up the DS install, p stands for prune in this case. This recovers space from old images if they were somehow left over.