What is Element?
Element (formerly known as Vector and Riot) is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix React SDK. -https://github.com/vector-im/element-web
Installing Docker
- Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
# 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 Element Web
- Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
# create working directories
mkdir ~/docker/element -p
# download example config
wget -O ~/docker/element/config.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vector-im/element-web/develop/config.sample.json
# edit config.json if needed
nano ~/docker/element/config.json
# run the element web container
docker run --name elementweb -d -v ~/docker/element/config.json:/app/config.json -p 8080:80 --restart unless-stopped vectorim/element-web - Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080
Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/vectorim/element-web