# Obscreen - Headless run on any server > #### πŸ‘ˆ [back to readme](/README.md) #### πŸ”΅ You just want a slideshow manager and you'll deal with screen and browser yourself ? You're in the right place. --- ## πŸ“‘ Run the manager ### with docker (for test) ```bash # (Optional) Install docker if needed curl -sSL get.docker.com | sh && sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami) && logout # then login again # Prepare application data file tree cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen # Run the Docker container docker run --rm --name obscreen --pull=always \ -e DEBUG=false \ -e PORT=5000 \ -e PLAYER_AUTOSTART_FILE=/app/var/run/play \ -e SECRET_KEY=ANY_SECRET_KEY_HERE \ -p 5000:5000 \ -v ./data/db:/app/data/db \ -v ./data/uploads:/app/data/uploads \ -v /dev/null:/app/var/run/play \ jierka/obscreen:latest ``` --- ### or with docker-compose ```bash # Prepare application data file tree cd ~ && mkdir -p obscreen/data/db obscreen/data/uploads && cd obscreen # Download docker-compose.yml curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jr-k/obscreen/master/docker-compose.headless.yml > docker-compose.yml # Run docker compose up --detach --pull always ``` --- ### or system wide #### Install ```bash # Install system dependencies sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip python3-venv libsqlite3-dev # Get files cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/jr-k/obscreen.git && cd obscreen # Install application dependencies python3 -m venv venv source ./venv/bin/activate # 🚨For MacOS users, requirements installation may cause an error but it's ok if only for pysqlite3 package # you'll need to install brew and execute command `brew install sqlite3` pip install -r requirements.txt # Customize server default values cp .env.dist .env ``` #### Configure - Server configuration is editable in `.env` file. - Application configuration will be available at `http://localhost:5000/settings` page after run. #### Start server (for test) ```bash python ./obscreen.py ``` #### Start server forever with systemctl ```bash cat "$(pwd)/system/obscreen-composer.service" | sed "s#/home/pi#$HOME#g" | sed "s#=pi#=$USER#g" | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/obscreen-composer.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable obscreen-composer.service sudo systemctl start obscreen-composer.service ``` #### Troubleshoot ```bash # Watch logs with following command sudo journalctl -u obscreen-composer -f ``` --- ## πŸ‘Œ Usage - Page which plays slideshow is reachable at `http://localhost:5000` - Slideshow manager is reachable at `http://localhost:5000/manage`