docker-recoll-webui

recoll with webui in a docker container

• used python3 and new updated recoll-web-ui https://framagit.org/medoc92/recollwebui/ version
• creates a python standalone recoll server inside a docker container listening on port 8080 mapped on port 9090
• to start indexing run this command on your system: docker exec CONTAINER_ID recollindex or use recollindex.sh
• change CONTAINER_ID and paths to your needs
• settings for recoll are stored in /root/.recoll/recoll.conf
• the path of what will be indexed is /docs

links

• stolen from: https://github.com/dsheyp/docker-recoll-webui
• source project: https://github.com/amsaravi/docker-recoll-webui
• docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/amsaravi/recoll-web-ui

installation steps

in a terminal:

git clone https://github.com/jajpater/docker-recoll-webui.git
cd docker-recoll-webui

adjust docker-compose.yml to your whishes and after that simply do:

docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d

• for simplicity there is no user level configuration.
• you can maintain your container and change configs in /root/.recoll/recoll.conf
• use docker exec command (not run command) to rebuild index as in:

docker exec docker-recoll-webui_webapp_1 recollindex 

• or use a script like the recollindex.sh in the repo