Arcane

An intuitive UI for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes.

Access

Go to http://<SERVER_IP>:3552 in your browser and follow the setup.

On first login, you must change the default admin password.

Default credentials:

  • Username: arcane
  • Password: arcane-admin

Service Management

# Check status
sudo systemctl status arcane

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart arcane

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop arcane

# Start service
sudo systemctl start arcane

# Follow live logs
sudo journalctl -u arcane -f

Important Files & Directories

  • Installation directory: /opt/arcane/
  • Main binary: /opt/arcane/arcane
  • Environment config (secrets): /opt/arcane/.env
  • Data directory: /var/lib/arcane/
  • Systemd service: /etc/systemd/system/arcane.service
  • CLI symlink: /usr/local/bin/arcane
  • Logs directory: /var/log/arcane/
  • Install metadata: /etc/arcane/install-meta.env

Notes

  • The system user running the service is arcane, which is a system user with no login shell, and it belongs to the group arcane.
  • The user arcane has access to Docker because it is added to the docker group.
  • he Arcane CLI is available and can be used with commands such as arcane --version to check the version or arcane --help to see usage information.

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