This is a docker compose for Selfoss and my Selfoss-Webfront all packaged together ready to go.
- A robust RSS solution to get content into a database
- A responsive newsite styled webfront to read your news
- Conveniently packaged into a single docker compose
- It should now also work on both arm64 and amd64 platforms
- Clone this repository with
git clone https://github.com/MatthK/swfd && cd swfd - Adjust the defined database/username/password in the
nano docker-compose.ymlYou might also have to replace the image withmatthk72/selfoss-wf:latest-amd64(just add the -amd64) in case you don't use a Raspberry Pi - Type
docker-compose up -dto fire up the containers. Be patient and give the database enough time to initialize and get fully up for the first time. Check thedocker logs MySqlto see the ready for connections. The database will restart once automatically - Wait till the database has initialized. Then stop the containers again with
docker-compose down - Update the database/username/password in the
nano swfd/Selfoss/config.iniand copy paste the whole content into the file on the docker volumesudo nano /var/lib/docker/volumes/swfd_Selfoss/_data/config.ini - Start the containers again with
docker-compose up -d. Again give it enough time for MySql to boot up. Check the logs again:docker logs MySqlanddocker logs Selfoss - Go to http://ip-address:8080/ to get to the Selfoss interface and create your RSS feeds The tags defined have to match the categories in the next point. You must have 11 different tags. Multiple feeds can be defined for one tag. Either manually refresh the sources, or wait 15 minutes till the next cron job picks it up
- Update the database/username/password in the constants.php and based on the feeds and tags you have defined, adjust the 11 categories (Note: The file has 12 categories,
Topis used for the jumbotron at the top of the index page. Do not modify this line.)nano swfd/Webfront/constants.php - Go once to http://ip-address/cfn.php to create a required function in the database. After that, you can access your personal newspaper at http://ip-address/
- Optional, put a Reverse proxy in front # to give it a nice domain name
- Enjoy
In case you need the image for a different platform, you can build it yourself using the Dockerfile.
Below are some of the feeds I am using. Be aware that some work a bit better than others, and the more active ones (BBC, Yahoo, CNBC) tend to drown the ones with more quality stuff but that update less often. Some content gets nicely fully downloaded, some feeds don't work so well and only teasers get retrieved or the formatting is a bit off.
Many feeds have also other categories available, simply look at the URLs and see how you could possibly modify them to find an overview page, or just with trial and error.
| Feed | Category | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Airway | Aviation | |
| Airways Magazine | Aviation | |
| AsiaTimes | World | |
| AsiaTimes | China | (there are many categories, just adapt according to your interest) |
| AutoSport | Sport | |
| BBC News | World | (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10628494#userss for different feeds) |
| BGR | Technology | |
| Channel News Asia | Asia | |
| CNBC | World | (International) |
| CNBC | Business | |
| CNBC | Travel | |
| CNBC | Asia | |
| CNBC | World | (Europe) |
| CNBC | Business | |
| CNBC | Technology | |
| Engadget | Technology | |
| FIA | Sport | |
| HKG Living | HKG | |
| IBT | World | they have various categories like sports/science/technology |
| Leeham News | Aviation | |
| Little white lies | Film | |
| Movieweb | Film | |
| NASA | Science | |
| Nature | Science | |
| Out of Town | Travel | |
| Politico | World | Economy, Defense |
| RT | World | |
| RTHK | HKG | |
| Science Daily | Science | |
| SCMP | Various | (most content is paid, with some free stuff. It only loads teasers here) |
| Seattle Times | Aviation | |
| TechRadar | Technology | |
| The Intercept | World | |
| VoxEU | Business | |
| Wired News | Technology | |
| Yahoo News | World |
| Feed | Category | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| aeroTelegraph | Aviation | |
| Blick | Swiss | |
| Formula 1 | Sport | |
| SRF | Sport |
The docker is based on Pamplemousse/dockerfiles which created a standalone Selfoss docker. I added my instance of the webfront and packaged it with a MySQL database to get it all in one package.