Install PrinterMon on Linux (Draft)

Requirements

A Linux host (Debian / Ubuntu / Raspberry Pi OS / Fedora are all known good).
Docker and the Docker Compose plugin installed.
Network access to the printers you want to manage.

Step 1. Create the working directory

mkdir printermon && cd printermon

Step 2. Create docker-compose.yml

nano docker-compose.yml

Paste the compose file from the PrinterMon GitHub repository. The file mounts a local userdata folder so your data persists across container restarts.

Step 3. Start PrinterMon

docker compose up -d

The first start pulls the image, creates the userdata folder, and runs initial migrations. Watch the logs with docker compose logs -f if you want to see progress.

Step 4. Open the web UI

Browse to http://<host-ip>:8888 The Setup Wizard runs on first boot. Continue with Login, Connect Node, then Add Printers.

Restart after editing settings on disk

cd /root/printermon/userdata && docker restart printermon

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