In this post, I’ll show you how to install Yacht on your Linux server. yacht is a web interface for managing Docker containers that offers an easy-to-use dashboard to monitor and manage your containers

Table of Contents:

• What is Yacht?
• Install Docker
• Install Yacht
• Change the default login credentials
• Reset Yacht Password/Username(optional)
• Adding a Template

What is Yacht?

Yacht, you can manage your containers, images, networks, and volumes from one web-based user-friendly interface that makes it easier to manage Docker containers.

Install Docker

We need to have Docker installed on our Linux machine. Here are the steps to install Docker(if you have already installed Docker ignore this):

Update the package:

sudo apt-get update

Install Docker:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

if you get this error : Package docker-ce is not available, but is referred to by another package. check this

Verify that Docker is installed correctly:

sudo docker run hello-world

Install Yacht

Now that Docker is installed, we can proceed with the installation of Yacht. Here are the steps to install Yacht:

Create a Docker volume for Yacht:

docker volume create yacht

Start the Yacht container:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v yacht:/config --name yacht selfhostedpro/yacht

This command will start Yacht on port 8000. You can access the Yacht dashboard by opening your web browser and navigating to http://your.server.ip:8000.

Change the default login credentials

The default login credentials for Yacht are username ‘[email protected]‘ and password is ‘pass‘. It is important to change these. To change your password, click on “admin” in the top right corner, then click “User,” and select “Change Password” from the top menu.

If you ever need to reset your password or username to the default values, you can delete your Yacht volume and create a new one. However, keep in mind that you’ll lose all your configurations.

Reset Yacht Password/Username(optional)

Stop the Yacht container:

docker stop yacht

Delete the Yacht volume:

docker volume rm yacht

Create a new Yacht volume:

docker volume create yacht

Start the Yacht container with the new volume:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v yacht:/config --name yacht selfhostedpro/yacht

Adding a Template

1. Open the Yacht web interface in your browser by navigating to http://localhost:8000.
2. Click on the “Templates” button on the left-hand side of the screen.
3. Click on the “+” button at the top of the page.
4. Enter the following URL in the “URL” field:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SelfhostedPro/selfhosted_templates/master/Template/yacht.json

The Yacht dashboard will now show the available applications to install from the added template.