Run Dropbox inside Docker. Fully working with local host folder mount or inter-container linking (via --volumes-from).

This repository provides the janeczku/dropbox image.

docker run -d --restart=always --name=dropbox janeczku/dropbox

docker run -d --restart=always --name=dropbox \
-v /path/to/localfolder:/dbox/Dropbox \
janeczku/dropbox

This fixes file permission errrors that might occur when mounting the Dropbox file folder (/dbox/Dropbox) from the host or a Docker container volume. You need to set DBOX_UID/DBOX_GID to the user id and group id of whoever owns these files on the host or in the other container.

docker run -d --restart=always --name=dropbox \
-e DBOX_UID=110 \
-e DBOX_GID=200 \
janeczku/dropbox

docker run -d --restart=always --name=dropbox \
--net="host" \
janeczku/dropbox

Check the logs of the container to get URL to authenticate with your Dropbox account.

docker logs dropbox

Copy and paste the URL in a browser and login to your Dropbox account to associate.

docker logs dropbox

You should see something like this:

"This computer is now linked to Dropbox. Welcome xxxx"

docker exec -t -i dropbox dropbox help

DBOX_UID
Default: 1000
Run Dropbox with a custom user id (matching the owner of the mounted files)

DBOX_GID
Default: 1000
Run Dropbox with a custom group id (matching the group of the mounted files)

$DBOX_SKIP_UPDATE
Default: False
Set this to True to skip updating to the latest Dropbox version on container start

/dbox/Dropbox Dropbox files

/dbox/.dropbox Dropbox account configuration