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🏠 Setup Homebox — Self-Hosted Home Inventory Manager

Deploy Homebox on Ubuntu with Docker — a fast, lightweight self-hosted home inventory and asset management system.

⚠️ Always review any script before running it on your server. Test in a staging environment first.

📦 Resources & Setup Scripts

Before starting, please make sure to grab the required scripts from our GitHub repository to follow along with the video easily.

Automated install script — deploys Homebox with persistent storage and a web UI on port 7745.
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Quick Install:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/refs/heads/main/tools/homebox/homebox-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x homebox-ubuntu.sh
sudo bash homebox-ubuntu.sh

Tutorial Steps

1 Download the Script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/refs/heads/main/tools/homebox/homebox-ubuntu.sh

2 Make it Executable

chmod +x homebox-ubuntu.sh

3 Run the Installer

The script installs Docker if needed, creates the Homebox data directory, and deploys the container on port 7745.

sudo bash homebox-ubuntu.sh

4 Access the Web UI

Open your browser and navigate to Homebox:

http://<your-server-ip>:7745

Ports Used

PortPurpose
7745Homebox Web UI (HTTP)

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