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date = "2019-12-02T06:48:51+00:00"
publishdate = "2023-12-29T07:08:55+00:00"
title = "Trying Out This Website"
slug = "trying-out-this-website"
author = "Thedro"
tags = ["web"]
type = "posts"
summary =  "Lately, there have been a few inquiries about deploying the source code of my website."
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{{< image source="/images/trying-out-this-website.png" title="Demo Version" >}}
Demo version of this website {{< /image >}}

Lately, there have been a few inquiries about deploying the
[source code](https://www.thedroneely.com/git/thedroneely/thedroneely.com) of my
website. Unfortunately for my own
{{< sidenote mark="convenience," set="left" >}}Less configuration to think
about.{{< /sidenote>}} very few of my resources are deployed directly or
entirely with [Docker.](https://www.docker.com/) You can however get an instance
of this website running very quickly with linux
{{< sidenote mark="containers." set="right" >}}My personal deployment strategy
is mostly ad hoc, so a linux container is the easiest way for me to deliver a
demo of the source code.{{< /sidenote>}}

[Installing](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started/#installation) and
running `lxc` on your system should theoretically be the hardest part.
To get this up and running, create a container and change to its working
directory.

```shell
lxc-create --name app --template download -- --dist alpine --release 3.14 --arch amd64 --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
cd /var/lib/lxc/app
```

{{< sidenote mark="Remove" set="left" >}}We can generate an empty container with
the command `lxc-create -n empty -t none`, but the generated config file will be
empty too.{{< /sidenote>}} the contents of the container file system. The
`rootfs` will be replaced with the website's file system.

```shell
rm -rf rootfs/*
```

Download the website [here,](https://www.thedroneely.com/download/rootfs.tar.gz)
verify its
[checksum,](https://www.thedroneely.com/download/rootfs.tar.gz.sha256) and
extract the contents into `rootfs`.

```shell
wget https://www.thedroneely.com/download/rootfs.tar.gz
tar --numeric-owner -xzvf rootfs.tar.gz -C rootfs/
```

Start the website and get its `IP` address.

```shell
lxc-start -n app
lxc-ls -f
```

The output should look something like the following.

```shell
NAME     STATE   AUTOSTART GROUPS IPV4       IPV6 UNPRIVILEGED
app      RUNNING 0         -      x.x.x.x    -    false
```

[Cockpit CMS](https://getcockpit.com/) can be accessed at
`http://x.x.x.x/cockpit`. [Isso's](https://posativ.org/isso/) administration
page can be accessed at `http://x.x.x.x/isso/admin`. The default
{{< sidenote mark="credentials" set="right" >}}Disclaimer: You are responsible
for securing your stack.{{< /sidenote>}} are listed below.

```shell
# Cockpit CMS default credentials
Username: admin
Password: admin

# Isso default credentials
Password: changethis
```

If this was too long to read, then see the condensed version below.

```shell
lxc-create -n app -t download -- --dist alpine --release 3.10 --arch amd64
cd /var/lib/lxc/app
rm -rf rootfs/*
wget https://www.thedroneely.com/download/rootfs.tar.gz
tar --numeric-owner -xzvf rootfs.tar.gz -C rootfs/
lxc-start -n app
lxc-ls -f
```