I watched a video by the Bilibili user 嘎嘎 Vespa on Bilibili titled "How to Use Memos for Card Note Knowledge Management (Part 1)" and found it quite good to use Memos for card note taking. Coincidentally, I also watched a video titled "The Highest Method of Applying Knowledge" which discussed the importance of not only inputting knowledge but also outputting it. Outputting helps in understanding the learned knowledge. If you only focus on inputting, you won't remember anything and won't be able to deeply understand. The author said, "Input is just a form of 'self-satisfaction.' What truly correlates with 'self-growth' is the output."
So I decided to use Memos to record some of my output thoughts. I used the Memos plugin in Obsidian before, but it had some limitations. Therefore, I decided to try the modified version of Memos provided by the author, although it is not as powerful as the original version.
Installation#
I downloaded the modified version from:
To install it using Docker, use the following two commands:
docker build -t lca/memos:latest .
docker run -d --name memos -p 5230:5230 -v ~/.memos/:/var/opt/memos lca/memos:latest
To synchronize data across different computers, store the data files in iCloud (optional)
docker build -t lca/memos:latest .
docker run -d --name memos -p 5230:5230 -v ~/Documents/memos/:/var/opt/memos lca/memos:latest
Reference: https://www.usememos.com/blog/syncing-data-with-icloud
Data Backup#
Simply copy the files or download them as a package from the server.
cp -r ~/.memos/memos_prod.db ~/.memos/memos_prod.db.bak
Data Recovery (Using iCloud as an example)#
Replace the latest Memos data file with the newly created Docker repository.
These are the files, with the .db file being the most important.
- Backup the data
tar -czvf /root/sys_backup/backup$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz ~/.memos
- Download and extract the data from the server to a local directory. If using iCloud, the directory is
~/Documents/memos.
If it is the first time running docker run locally, simply place the latest backup data in ~/Documents/memos. If there are subsequent updates, replace the backup data in ~/Documents/memos and pause the Docker container first.
docker stop <memos container ID>
After copying, restart the container.
docker start <memos container ID>
Official version of Memos
https://www.usememos.com/docs/install/self-hosting
Installation on Ubuntu VPS#
Deployment on the server
Set the Go proxy environment variable
go env -w GO111MODULE=on go env -w GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn,direct
Add it to the Dockerfile
If the speed of go build is slow, you can also set the Go proxy.
Image source: https://wallhaven.cc/w/2y6wwg