bnutz/min-ubuntu-dropbox

DESCRIPTION:

Forked from Ralph Slooten's Alpine Dropbox and ported over to a Minimal Ubuntu base after the latest Dropbox for Linux headless clients started requiring additional dependencies that would likely require further hackery of the original glibc-enabled Alpine base.

EXAMPLE USAGE:

docker run -d \
    --name dropbox \
    --net=host \
    -e UID=1000 \
    -e GID=1000 \
    -v <path to Dropbox folder>:/dbox/Dropbox \
    -v <path to config folder>:/dbox/.dropbox \
    --restart=unless-stopped \
    bnutz/min-ubuntu-dropbox

DOCKER PARAMETERS:

Default Parameters	Function
-e UID=1000	UID of Dropbox (current) user.
-e GID=1000	GID of Dropbox (current) user.
-v /path/to/dropbox/folder:/dbox/Dropbox	Path to Dropbox folder on host machine.
-v /path/to/config/folder:/dbox/.dropbox	Path to persistent Dropbox settings folder on host machine.

INITIAL SETUP

At first run, the container will download the latest version of the Dropbox Linux client.

Run docker logs dropbox -f after starting the container and wait until you see messages similar to:

This computer isn't linked to any Dropbox account...
Please visit https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link_nonce?nonce=(xxxxx-random-nonce-value-xxxxx) to link this device.

Open the link in a browser to authorise the client and link the container to your Dropbox.

You should then see in the docker log:

This computer is now linked to Dropbox. Welcome *your-name*

There is no updater script, so to update the Dropbox client; remove the container and add it again. The persistent config folder will ensure you don't need to relink your account again.

NOTES:

• Dropbox commands should be run as the dbox user:

  docker exec -it -u dbox dropbox dropbox-cli help

  Any custom configuration that is supported by the dropbox-cli can be modified this way.

• The current Dropbox status can be seen in the docker log. It refreshes every five seconds and only outputs data when there are any changes.

  docker logs dropbox -f