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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# NOTE: Like the nodeJS frame work docker can be used to run additional apps
+# the goal is that you can run a basic RaspiBlitz install without docker
+# but if you want to run certain special apps they can switch docker on
+
+# command info
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
+ echo "config script to install docker"
+ echo "blitz.docker.sh [on|off]"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+source /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf
+
+# add default value to raspi config if needed
+if ! grep -Eq "^docker=" /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf; then
+  echo "docker=off" >> /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf
+fi
+
+# switch on
+if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
+
+  echo "### 1) INSTALL docker ###"
+
+  # check if docker is installed
+  isInstalled=$(docker -v 2>/dev/null | grep -c "Docker version")
+  if [ ${isInstalled} -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "# docker already installed"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  # run easy install script provided by docker
+  # its a copy from https://get.docker.com
+  sudo chmod +x /home/admin/assets/get-docker.sh
+  sudo /home/admin/assets/get-docker.sh
+
+  # add admin user
+  sudo usermod -aG docker admin
+
+  # start docker service
+  sudo systemctl start docker
+  sleep 6
+
+  echo "### 2) INSTALL docker-compose ###"
+
+  # add docker compose
+  sudo pip3 install docker-compose
+
+  # setting value in raspi blitz config
+  sudo sed -i "s/^docker=.*/docker=on/g" /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf
+  echo "# docker install done"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# switch off
+if [ "$1" = "0" ] || [ "$1" = "off" ]; then
+  # setting value in raspiblitz config
+  sudo sed -i "s/^docker=.*/docker=off/g" /mnt/hdd/raspiblitz.conf
+  echo "*** REMOVING docker & docker-compose ***"
+  sudo pip3 uninstall -y docker-compose
+  sudo apt-get purge -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli
+  echo "# docker remove done"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "error='wrong parameter'"
+exit 1
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