Operator and household · Tutorial

Your first sync#

In this tutorial you start Inkhold on a computer at home, sign in from a browser, point your Supernote at it, and see your notebooks in the library. It takes about fifteen minutes. You need a computer that runs Docker, and your tablet on the same network.

1. Copy your tablet first#

Connect the tablet to a computer and copy its folders somewhere safe. Inkhold is in beta and sync runs both ways; this copy is your way back.

2. Start Inkhold#

On the computer that will keep your notes, run:

docker volume create inkhold
docker run -d --name inkhold -p 8089:8089 -v inkhold:/var/lib/inkhold \
  ghcr.io/m00qek/inkhold:latest
docker logs inkhold

The last command prints a line like:

Created admin 'admin@home.lan' with a temporary password: props-barbecue-lumber-wrought

Keep that password: it is shown only once.

Find the computer’s address on your network (hostname -I prints it), and open http://<that address>:8089.

The sign-in screen: Account and Password fields and a Sign in button.

Enter admin@home.lan as the Account and the temporary password as the Password, and choose Sign in. Inkhold asks you to choose your own password; do that.

Inkhold then shows Connect your Supernote: the address to type on the tablet, and Waiting for your Supernote to sync…. Leave the page open.

4. Point the tablet at it#

On the tablet, open Settings → Drive, and next to Private Cloud tap Log in. After http://, type the computer’s address; in Port, type 8089; leave Enable HTTPS off. Tap Connect, then sign in with admin@home.lan and your new password. If the tablet asks how to treat its digest and to-do data, choose Retain locally.

5. Sync#

Tap sync in the tablet’s top bar. Back in the browser, the page says Your Supernote connected; choose Open the library. Your folders and notebooks appear as they arrive. Open one: its pages are drawn by your browser, the same ink as on the tablet.

What you have now#

A private cloud for your Supernote, in your home. From here:

Back up automatically, so the server is not the only copy.
Add a household member, with their own account and tablet.
Put it behind HTTPS, to sync from outside your home.