devprincekumar/fossil repository overview

🏗️ Fossil SCM Docker Image – Run Fossil Instantly with Zero Setup! 🚀 This Dockerized Fossil SCM lets you run a self-hosted Fossil source control server instantly, without manual installation or configuration.

📥 How to Use 1️⃣ Pull the Image docker pull devprincekumar/fossil:latest

2️⃣ Run Fossil Server docker run -d -p 9090:9090 --name fossil-server devprincekumar/fossil Fossil SCM is now accessible at http://localhost:9090⁠ 🎉

🔥 Key Features ✅ Fully automated – No manual installation needed ✅ Pre-installed Fossil – Ready to use out-of-the-box ✅ Runs on port 9090 – Web UI accessible instantly ✅ Automatic repository creation – first-repo.fossil is set up for you ✅ Persistent storage support – Keep repositories across restarts

💾 Persist Fossil Repositories (Recommended) If you want your repositories to persist after stopping the container, mount a local volume:

docker run -d -p 9090:9090 --name fossil-server -v ~/fossil-data:/opt/fossil-repositories devprincekumar/fossil

Now, your Fossil repositories are stored permanently in ~/fossil-data!

🔄 Manage Your Fossil Server Command Description docker stop fossil-server Stop the Fossil container docker start fossil-server Restart the container docker logs fossil-server View logs docker exec -it fossil-server sh Access the container shell

📜 Credits & Acknowledgments This Fossil Docker image is built using: 🔹 Fossil SCM – The powerful, lightweight version control system (fossil-scm.org) 🔹 Alpine Linux – A lightweight Linux distribution for containers (alpinelinux.org) 🔹 KeyOpt's Fossil Dockerfile – A valuable reference for setting up Fossil in Docker (GitHub Repo)

Thanks to the Fossil SCM team and open-source community for their contributions that made this possible!