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# Installation
Dash ships as a single container image or a single static binary. All state
lives in one directory: a SQLite database and uploaded icons.
## Docker (recommended)
```sh
docker run -d --name dash \
-v ./data:/data \
-p 3000:3000 \
--restart unless-stopped \
ghcr.io/dvorinka/dash:latest
```
Or compose:
```yaml
services:
dash:
image: ghcr.io/dvorinka/dash:latest
ports:
- "3000:3000"
volumes:
- ./data:/data
restart: unless-stopped
```
Open http://localhost:3000.
To build the image locally instead of pulling:
```sh
docker compose up --build
```
## Binary
Release archives contain a static `dash` binary (no CGO, no dependencies).
```sh
tar xzf dash_linux_amd64.tar.gz
./dash # listens on :8080, stores data in ./data
```
Set `DASH_PORT` and `DASH_DATA_DIR` to change the defaults.
## dash-agent (system monitoring)
The agent collects CPU, memory, disk, network, load, temperatures, and Docker
container state, then pushes a JSON sample to Dash every few seconds.
1. In the UI, go to **Systems → New system**, copy the generated token.
2. Download the `dash-agent` binary for the host's architecture from the
release page, or build it:
```sh
cd apps/backend && go build -o dash-agent ./cmd/dash-agent
```
3. Run it:
```sh
dash-agent -url http://dash:3000 -token <token>
```
### Flags / environment
| Flag | Env | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| `-url` | `DASH_URL` | — | Dash base URL |
| `-token` | `DASH_TOKEN` | — | system token from the UI |
| `-interval` | `DASH_INTERVAL` | `10` | push interval, seconds |
| `-once` | — | `false` | print one sample and exit (no push) |
If `/var/run/docker.sock` exists, container states are included automatically.
### systemd
`packaging/dash-agent.service` is a ready-made unit:
```sh
sudo install -m755 dash-agent /usr/local/bin/dash-agent
sudo install -m644 packaging/dash-agent.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo mkdir -p /etc/dash
printf 'DASH_URL=http://dash:3000\nDASH_TOKEN=<token>\n' | sudo tee /etc/dash/agent.env
sudo systemctl enable --now dash-agent
```
### Docker (limited)
`infra/Dockerfile.agent` builds a minimal agent image. A containerized agent
only sees its own `/proc` — mount the host's procfs and use host PID mode for
meaningful numbers:
```sh
docker run -d --name dash-agent --pid=host \
-v /proc:/host/proc:ro \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
-e DASH_URL=http://dash:3000 -e DASH_TOKEN=<token> \
ghcr.io/dvorinka/dash-agent:latest
```
The systemd install above is the recommended path.
## Reverse proxy
Dash serves the UI and API on one port — a plain reverse proxy works:
```nginx
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
}
```
## Upgrading
Pull the new image and restart, or replace the binary. Goose migrations run
automatically on boot; `data/` carries forward.
```sh
docker pull ghcr.io/dvorinka/dash:latest && docker compose up -d
```