I created a Docker container of UmbrelOS, so it can be run on any system without the need for dedicated hardware or virtual machines.
Ofcourse this method will not be officially supported, but it might be useful for some people who don’t mind to experiment, and who are looking for an easy way to run UmbrelOS.
It’s available to try now: GitHub - dockur/umbrel: UmbrelOS inside a Docker container.
Let me know what you think!
That means I can theoretically run Umbrel as an app in Umbrel? And then I can run Umbrel as an app in the Umbrel app… 
Yes!!! Matryoshka dolls!
Fantastic, great job!
Do you think this will survive an Umbrel upgrade, as I guess they mess a bit with the partitions…?
You cannot perform an upgrade directly from the UI (it will give an error), so nothing can go wrong.
Instead you have to do it in the “Docker way”, that means by pulling a newer version of the image.
Right, perfect, thanks a lot!
Pulling a new version of the image could remove any data? I am not sure if all the user data of umbrel lies on the mounted /data volume
No, it does not remove any user data.
Great work! I was using a Virtual Machine, but a simple docker container is much easier!
@kroese great job! Would you be willing to help me create a docker containers for Sparrow Wallet and SimpleX so we can get them submitted as official apps?
I copied (preserving mode & ownership) the data directory from my umbrel that was runnning in the VM (/umbrel-os/home/umbrel/umbrel), launched the docker and worked without any problem! All previously installed apps are working:
NOTE: the host machine for the VM and the docker container is the same.