Installation issue

[chengidesk]

New to docker because needed NetAlertX, when i follow the instruction i get this error. Wondering what may have gone wrong?

root@Docker:# docker run -d --rm --network=host -v local/path/config:/app/config -v local/path/db:/app/db -e TZ=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur -e PORT=20211 jokobsk/netalertx:latest
docker: Error response from daemon: create local/path/config: "local/path/config" includes invalid characters for a local volume name, only "[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]" are allowed. If you intended to pass a host directory, use absolute path.
See 'docker run --help'.
root@Docker:#

Thank you.

[jokob-sk]

Hi,

Do you have a folder called local/path ? You need to adjust the command to reflect your setup, and replace local/path with an existing folder, that will contain 2 folders: config and db. For example you create a folder this way:

Create the directories:

mkdir -p /apps/netalertx/config /apps/netalertx/db

Adjust the Docker command:
Replace local/path/config and local/path/db with /apps/netalertx/config and /apps/netalertx/db respectively. The adjusted command will look like this:

docker run -d --rm --network=host -v /apps/netalertx/config:/app/config -v /apps/netalertx/db:/app/db -e TZ=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur -e PORT=20211 jokobsk/netalertx:latest

Run the adjusted Docker command:

docker run -d --rm --network=host -v /apps/netalertx/config:/app/config -v /app

[chengidesk]

Thank you @jokob-sk for your speedy response !
I am really new to docker. I use it because i wanted to explore NetAlertX :)
I'll explore some other discussion by searching first since I see only 2 devices and don't want to waste your valuable time.
Thank you again for your work and your response.

[jokob-sk]

You are welcome - happy docker exploring! 🐳😄

TIP: Check your subnets config: https://github.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX/blob/main/docs/SUBNETS.md

[chengidesk]

perfect ! now i have 13 devices found with my home network.

i'm exploring this solution to be used for my daughter school. their requirement from the gov is each student could only bring a fixed tablet to school. there is no way to manually check that so the only way is to use this NetAlertX and making sure they don't use random MAC. Once an unregistered device show up, the school could then block the mac.

thank you @jokob-sk for this wonderful system.

[jokob-sk]

That's a great use case - hope it fits your needs 👍

[stanelie]

Thanks for this post, I ran into the same issue.