Is there a virtualmin docker image?

[jabowery]

I’m trying to move all my websites down to my home computer with dynamic dns and since virtualmin requires a clean install of an OS, I tried a docker image of ubuntu 20.04, and got everything working with the ports mapped properly and firewall feedthroughs but then while executing the virtualmin setup wizard I got this error:

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

That’s when I discovered that one must do some gymnastics to enable systemd running inside docker, but the systemd-enabled docker image for the virtualmin-compatible ubuntu 20.04 simply exits rather than permitting me to install virtualmin on it.

So what I really need is a “clean install” OS with virtualmin and any essential system configurations.

[Joe]

Not that I know of. As you note, it is non-trivial, as Virtualmin is not merely a web app…it manages the system it runs on, which is not really compatible with how Docker works.

[Joe]

As an aside, we are planning support for managing docker or podman containers in Virtualmin, probably in Virtualmin 8. That is quite divergent from the goal of running inside a docker container, though.