Docker – Manual Setup of GTM Server-Side on Digital Ocean

I want to use Server Side in Google Tag Manager because it will improve my meta pixel a lot and it will reflect on my ads performance. But I don’t want to use google cloud platform either.

We have two options for this. Google can make an automatic connection for you on the Google Cloud Platform. The second option is to install it manually on your server.
There is no content that fully explains how to install it manually. There is only google’s document. Let’s look at the document.

https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side/manual-setup-guide

https://streamable.com/qftywd

I realized that I needed to install docker and installed docker on my server.

In my video I type the following command and it seems to work.
sudo systemctl status docker

I installed gcr.io/cloud-tagging-10302018/gtm-cloud-image:stable that google asked for by typing docker images.

The last time I test it. In the code below, in the <config_string> field I write the Container Config I got from gtm-server.

docker run -p 8080:8080 -e CONTAINER_CONFIG=” -e RUN_AS_PREVIEW_SERVER=true gcr.io/cloud-tagging-10302018/gtm-cloud-image:stable

I’m sending a request to the link below but I’m not getting a response. I only want 200.
http://localhost:8080/healthz

What do you think the reason is? I’ve been thinking about it for days. What could I have missed? Actually, it seems simple. Install Docker. Install images from Google. Preview at the end. But I can’t get 200.

I also couldn’t find any other content about it, although it must be very important to open gtm-server somewhere other than gcp.

I am grateful to friends for their support.