Convert A Cheap Barracuda Networks Device Into A Docker Host

#Docker #Debian #Linux #BudgetComputing

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0742.html

The Hardware The device I used in this video is a Barracuda Networks BFS200a I picked up used for about $25. It sports a 2 core/4 thread Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80 GHz. I upgraded the 1GB of DDR3 to 4GB and replaced the 250 GB HDD with a 32GB SATA SSD.   Things You Will Need    - A USB flash drive, at least 8 GB  https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju |  https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p |  https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9   Preparing the Installation Media    01. Download the Debian .iso file  https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso    02. Download the Ventoy installer  https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html    03. Extract the downloaded .zip file    04. Run Ventoy2Disk.exe    05. Plug in a USB flash drive at least 4 GB in size    06. Click the refresh icon    07. Select the flash drive from the device dropdown    08. Click the Install button    09. After the installation completes, copy the downloaded Debian .iso to the Ventoy partition    10. Safely remove the USB flash drive    11. Plug the flash drive into the target Barracuda Networks device   Installation and Setup    01. Power on the Barracuda Networks device and start pressing Delete    02. When prompted, enter BCNDK1 as the BIOS password    03. In the BIOS, reset the settings to defaults ≫ Save and exit    04. Boot to the flash drive    05. When the install dialog displays press Enter to select Graphical Install    06. Select a language ≫ Click Continue    07. Select a Location ≫ Click Continue    08. Select a keyboard layout ≫ Click Continue    09. Enter a hostname for the VM ≫ Click Continue    10. Enter a Domain name or leave it empty ≫ Click Continue    11. Enter and confirm a root password ≫ Click Continue    12. Enter the full name for the new user ≫ Click Continue    13. Enter the username for the new user ≫ Click Continue    14. Enter and confirm a password for the new user ≫ Click Continue    15. Select a timezone ≫ Click Continue    16. Select Guided - user entire disk ≫ Click Continue    17. Select the target disk ≫ Click Continue    18. Select All files in one partition ≫ Click Continue    19. Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk ≫ Click Continue    20. Select Yes to confirm writing the changes ≫ Click Continue    21. Wait for Debian to copy and install files    22. When prompted, select Yes to enable a network apt mirror ≫ Click Continue    23. Select a country to use for the apt mirror ≫ Click Continue    24. Select a mirror from the list ≫ Click Continue    25. Setup a HTTP proxy if necessary ≫ Click Continue    26. Select No to participating in package survey ≫ Click Continue    27. Select the software to install ≫ Click Continue    28. Select Yes to install GRUB ≫ Click Continue    29. Select /dev/sda for the boot loader location ≫ Click Continue    30. After the bootloader is installed select reboot to finish the installation    31. Welcome to Debian 11   Installing Docker    01. Run the following commands in the terminal          # 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   Running Portainer    01. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Portainer Docker container and run it          # create working directories          mkdir ~/docker/portainer -p          # run the portainer docker container          docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v ~/docker/portainer:/data portainer/portainer-ce    02. Once the Portainer container is downloaded and running, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:9000    03. Set an administrator username and password ≫ Click Create user    04. Click the Docker - Manage the local Docker environment option ≫ Click Connect    

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