Starting the node using `docker-compose`

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Introduction

You can also start your node using docker-compose, which is even easier than starting your node using conventional Docker commands described here.

Setting up the environment

You need to have docker-compose package installed on your machine. If you don't have this package installed, run the following command in terminal for:

root user:

apt-get -y install docker-compose

Normal user:

sudo apt-get -y install docker-compose

Attention

By implementing this way of starting the node we assume that

node.config,
genesis.txt,
SSL keys,
db and log directories

are present and stored in /opt/thepower/ like described in Docker and source manuals.

The following tree describes the directories and files in them:

tree

hostname here is an example. Please, replace it with the hostname specified in your node.config file.

Go to /opt/thepower:

cd /opt/thepower

Create docker-compose.yml file with the following code:

docker-compose.yml
version: "3.3"

services:

  tpnode:
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: tpnode
    image: thepowerio/tpnode
    volumes:
      - type: bind
        source: /opt/thepower/node.config
        target: /opt/thepower/node.config
        read_only: true
      - type: bind
        source: /opt/thepower/genesis.txt
        target: /opt/thepower/genesis.txt
        read_only: true
      - type: bind
        source: /opt/thepower/db
        target: /opt/thepower/db
      - type: bind
        source: /opt/thepower/log
        target: /opt/thepower/log
    ports:
      - 1080:1080
      - 1443:1443
      - 1800:1800

  watchtower:
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: watchtower
    image: containrrr/watchtower
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    command: --interval 3600 --cleanup

Note

This file also allows watchtower to automatically update the node.