Run the Dashy dashboard in Docker

# install prerequisites
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
# add docker gpg key
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# add docker software repository
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
# install docker
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
# enable and start docker service
sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
# add the current user to the docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
# reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
su - $USER

# create working directories
mkdir ~/docker/dashy -p
# download default conf.yml
wget -O ~/docker/dashy/conf.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lissy93/dashy/refs/heads/master/user-data/conf.yml
# set owner of working directories
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
# allow the container to write to working directories
sudo chmod a+rwx -R ~/docker/dashy
# run the dashy docker image
docker run -d --name dashy -p 8080:8080 -v ~/docker/dashy:/app/user-data --restart=unless-stopped lissy93/dashy:latest