Install Synchronet on Docker

Synchronet on Docker Hub images are is built from source via bbs-io/synchronet-docker on github. Images are build for x86_64, armv7 and arm64.

Windows Users

If you are running Windows, it is recommended that you first install WSL2, then Docker Desktop, configured for WSL2 and doing your volume mounts from inside WSL2 (such as with Ubuntu). VS Code with WSL Remote extension will make editing much easier to work with. Note: you can access your WSL2 instances in explorer via `\\wsl$`. You may want to add your SBBS volume directory to your Quick access shortcuts.

Running

The easiest way to get running is with docker-compose.

  mkdir ~/sbbs
  cd ~/sbbs
  wget -O docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bbs-io/synchronet-docker/master/docker-compose.yml
  docker-compose up -d
  sudo chmod -R a+rwX ./*

To shutdown:

 docker-compose down

To get a bash prompt inside the running container:

  docker exec -it sbbs bash

To run scfg:

  docker exec -it sbbs scfg

Editing Content

If you are wanting to edit/update files, you may want to run the following on your common shared path, as files are created as root within the container.

  sudo chmod a+rwX /sbbs

  docker run -i sbbs sbbs-access

Volumes

In order to better support portability, the following volume mounts are expected. Most directories will be populated on first run.

`/backup` - location in order to generate/create backup scripts inside the container.
- `/defaults` - updated on first run, or updated versions, will container default directories from `/sbbs/` for reference.
`/sbbs/ctrl` - note: `text.dat` will be overwritten on updated versions.
`/sbbs/text`
`/sbbs/web` - not populated, copy files from `/backup/defaults/web-ecweb4` or `/backup/defaults/web-runemaster`
`/sbbs/data`
`/sbbs/fido`
`/sbbs/xtrn` - external programs, will populate directories that don't exist on first run or update
`/sbbs/mods` - your customizations, empty by default
`/sbbs/nodes` - shared nodes directory, not required if a single host is used.