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glance

Glance is an image board app.

glance

Prepare

podman pull docker.io/glanceapp/glance
mkdir -p $HOME/apps/{variables,container_data}
touch $HOME/apps/variables/glance.env
mkdir -p $HOME/apps/container_data/glance

Edit environment file

Edit the environment file and paste your default values for this service:

nano $HOME/apps/variables/glance.env

Example contents:

TZ=Europe/Athens

Installation

touch $HOME/.config/containers/systemd/glance.container

# glance.container
[Container]
ContainerName=glance
HostName=glance
AutoUpdate=registry
Image=docker.io/glanceapp/glance
Network=skynet.network
EnvironmentFile=%h/apps/variables/glance.env
Volume=%h/apps/container_data/glance:/app/config
[Service]
Restart=always
TimeoutStartSec=300
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Configuration of Nginx (Reverse Proxy)

Create nginx conf.

touch /$HOME/apps/container_data/nginx/glance.conf

Configuration for nginx conf for port 80.

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name portal.skynet.lan;

  # Trust the Podman rootless network
  set_real_ip_from 10.90.0.0/24;
  real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;
  real_ip_recursive on;

  access_log /var/log/nginx/glance_access.log main;
  error_log /var/log/nginx/glance_error.log;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://glance:8080;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
  }
}

Restart Nginx

systemctl --user restart nginx

Usage

Open http://portal.skynet.lan

Troubleshooting

podman logs -f glance
journalctl --user -u nginx -n 200