Server Installation instructions

This a repository with my installation of my domotica servers. In a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 Server I install docker and run the following services:

Traefik (reversed proxy)
Pihole (DNS server to block adds)
Deconz (Service for my Zigbee network)
Home assistant (My home automation server of choice)
Visual Studio Code Server (easy editing of configs)
AppDaemon (automation programming <- this is amazing)

This is a description meant to help me, but it might be useful for you too. Feel free to contact me on LinkedIn.

Install fresh Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

Add Openssh
Do not add docker (it is a Snap app which is annoying)

Setup basics for easier editing

git clone https://github.com/dennisbakhuis/dotfiles.git cd dotfiles ./install_linux.sh

Open vim and do :PlugInstall Logout and relogin.

Turn off local 53 port binding

When editing I use vim. Feel free to use anything other (i.e. nano).

I followed this guide.

edit /etc/systemd/resolv.conf and add/change the following:

DNS=1.1.1.1
DNSStubListener=no

create a symlink to resolv.conf:

sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf

Update server and install docker

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install docker docker-compose acl

We also need to add the user to the docker group to use docker without sudo:

sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker

Reboot

We need a reboot to have port 53 freed. You could however also just restart the network, but a reboot is relatively fast.

sudo reboot

Prepare home server directory

Clone the server setup:

git clone https://github.com/dennisbakhuis/home-server.git
mv ./home-server ./docker
sudo setfacl -Rdm g:docker:rwx ~/docker
sudo chmod -R 775 ~/docker
mkdir -p ~/docker/deconz
mkdir -p ~/docker/pihole/pihole
mkdir -p ~/docker/vscode/storage
mkdir -p ~/docker/pihole/dns-masq.d/
mkdir -p ~/docker/traefik2/acme
touch ~/docker/traefik2/acme/acme.json

Copy example .env file and change the passwords

cd docker
cp env.example .env
vim .env

Create docker network / pull images / and start the servers

docker network create --gateway 192.168.90.1 --subnet 192.168.90.0/24 t2_proxy docker-compose pull docker-compose up -d

To update the containers (can be breaking changes; especially with HA)

docker-compose up --force-recreate --build -d docker image prune -f