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dockerized-kiwix-server

Updated version of the original jasiek/dockerized-kiwix-server with input from the jonboiser/dockerized-kiwix-server fork.

Step 1: Download ZIM files

Download any ZIM content files from http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Content. Place content files in /path/to/zims.

Step 2: Build and run the Docker container

Using docker-compose

Download the docker-compose.yml file from this repo, and make edits for paths and ports as necessary.

Start the container and the Kiwix server, and make it available on your machine at http://localhost:8080 by default:

docker-compose up -d

To stop the container:

docker-compose down

Using Docker directly

Clone this repo and run the following in the directory:

docker build -t kiwix-serve-image .

Starts the container and the Kiwix server:

docker run -d --name kiwix-serve -v /path/to/zims:/zims -p 8080:8080 kiwix-serve-image

To stop the container:

docker stop kiwix-serve

Step 3: Try it out in the browser

Go to http://localhost:8080.