Update: I have a github now, see https://steemit.com/steemit/@neoxian/running-steemit-locally-update

Hey Steemit! Do you want to post and use the steemit blockchain, but you don't want to browse to steemit.com ? Well with this guide, you'll be able to run steemit.com on your own machine and interact with the Steem blockchain that way.

And it's pretty easy! The only thing you need to know is how to run Docker.

Step 1: Get Docker

I wrote a guide here on Docker:
https://steemit.com/programming/@neoxian/neoxian-s-guide-to-docker

Step 2: Save this docker file:

#Version: 0.1.0

FROM ubuntu:16.04
LABEL maintainer "Neoxian"

RUN apt-get update

# some tools I like

RUN apt-get -y install vim
RUN apt-get -y install curl
RUN apt-get -y install git 

# grab steemit.com

WORKDIR "/root"

RUN git clone https://github.com/steemit/steemit.com
 

EXPOSE 3001 3002 3301 3306

WORKDIR "/root/steemit.com"

RUN mkdir tmp

RUN apt-get -y install nodejs
RUN apt-get -y install npm
RUN apt-get -y install build-essential libssl-dev

WORKDIR "/root"

RUN curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh

RUN bash install_nvm.sh

# Replace shell with bash so we can source files
RUN rm /bin/sh && ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

WORKDIR "/root/steemit.com"

RUN source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh \
    && nvm install v6 \
    && npm install \
    && npm install -g babel-cli


WORKDIR "/root/steemit.com/config"

RUN cp steem-example.json steem-dev.json
RUN debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password bob'
RUN debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password bob'
RUN apt-get -y install mysql-server

RUN service mysql start; mysql -u root --password=bob -e "create database steemit_dev;DROP USER 'root'@'localhost';CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '';GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%';FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

RUN npm install -g sequelize sequelize-cli pm2 mysql

WORKDIR "/root/steemit.com/db"

RUN source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh \
    && service mysql start \
    && sequelize db:migrate 

WORKDIR "/root/steemit.com/config"

RUN source /root/.nvm/nvm.sh \
    && node -p "crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('base64')" > key.txt

RUN sed -ie "s#somelongsecretstring#$(cat key.txt)#g" steem-dev.json

Use this to create "Dockerfile" and place it in a new directory.

Step 3: Build an image using the dockerfile

Go to the directory you put the dockerfile in and run this:

docker build -t="neoxian/steemweb" .

It will take around 5-10 minutes to build the image...

Step 4

Run your new image!

docker run --name steemweb -it -p 3001:3001 -p 3002:3002 -p 3306:3306 neoxian/steemweb /bin/bash

Step 5

Start up your own personal steemit.com webserver! (Takes a few minutes to start up)

cd /root/steemit.com
npm start

Step 6

Browse to localhost:3002

That's it! You're in. You can sign in normally and do everything normally.
The only thing that doesn't seem to work are user icons.

Why would you want to do this?

• Could be more secure to use your own website
• Don't like the interface, you can change it!
• Don't like censorship? You can make your own version that shows everything, no matter what!
• Like porn? You can make a version that shows you nothing but the non-work safe posts!

Oh the possibilities...