Install Printermon on Linux

PrinterMon is fairly light weight and should run comfortably on just about any Linux machine on the market.

Our dev machines are Proxmox VMs
Cores 4 @ 2.2Ghz
Memory 4GB
Disk 20GB - Largely determined by how large of a library of files you need to keep.

Begin by installing Linux and making a Printermon directory and moving into it.

mkdir printermon && cd printermon

Then create your docker compose file.

nano docker-compose.yml

Paste the following into it.

services:
  printermon:
    image: printermon/printermon:latest
    container_name: printermon
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - ./userdata:/app/userdata
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    restart: unless-stopped

CTRL+X To close.
Y to save the buffer.
ENTER to write docker-compose.yml

Then start docker.

docker compose up -d

If you encounter a permissions issue its likely you do not have access to the userdata folder that Printermon needs to store its data locally. (So it survives updates) Run the following.

/root/printermon/userdata && docker restart printermon

Navigate to http://your_ip:8888 and connect your node to your printermon.com account.

Referenced in: Getting Started with PrinterMon

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