Install IT-Tools Inside Docker Container on Linux

IT-Tools is a web-based application that provides useful tools for developers. It includes various tools related with web, images, development, networking, math, measurement, text, and more.

This tutorial explains how to install IT-Tools inside a Docker container on the Linux. Commands have been tested on Ubuntu.

Prepare environment

Make sure you have installed Docker in your system. If you are using Ubuntu, installation instructions can be found in the post.

Install IT-Tools

• Host network

Run the following command to create a container for IT-Tools that uses host network:

docker run -d --name=it-tools --restart=always --network=host \
    corentinth/it-tools

• User-defined bridge network

User-defined bridge network can be used for listening on different port. By default, IT-Tools service is listening on port 80. It can be changed with -p option.

docker network create app-net

docker run -d --name=it-tools --restart=always --network=app-net \
    -p 8080:80 \
    corentinth/it-tools

Testing IT-Tools

To access web UI, open a web browser and go to http://<IP_ADDRESS>, where <IP_ADDRESS> is the IP address of the system.

Uninstall IT-Tools

To completely remove IT-Tools, remove its container:

docker rm --force it-tools

Remove IT-Tools image:

docker rmi corentinth/it-tools

If a user-defined bridge network was created, you can delete it as follows:

docker network rm app-net