Install WBO Inside Docker Container on Linux

WBO is a web-based collaborative whiteboard that enables multiple users to draw together on a shared virtual board. The board updates in real time for everyone connected, with all changes saved automatically.

This tutorial explains how to install WBO inside a Docker container on 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 WBO

Before starting, create directory for data:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/wbo/data

Set user, which ID is 1000 as owner for newly created directory:

sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /opt/wbo

Note: it doesn't matter that user (ID: 1000) doesn't exist on host system. This user will be created in the container.

• Host network

Run the following command to create a container for WBO that uses host network:

docker run -d --name=wbo --restart=always --network=host \
    -v /opt/wbo/data:/opt/app/server-data \
    lovasoa/wbo

• User-defined bridge network

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

docker network create app-net

docker run -d --name=wbo --restart=always --network=app-net \
    -p 8080:80 \
    -v /opt/wbo/data:/opt/app/server-data \
    lovasoa/wbo

Testing WBO

To access the web application, go to http://<IP_ADDRESS>, making sure to replace <IP_ADDRESS> with the actual IP address of the system.

Uninstall WBO

To completely remove WBO, remove its container:

docker rm --force wbo

Remove WBO image:

docker rmi lovasoa/wbo

You can also remove WBO data:

sudo rm -rf /opt/wbo

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

docker network rm app-net