Really basic question from a noob re: getting set up locally with Docker

[mitya33]

Hi all,

I should say off the bat that I find Redash quite intimidating as I'm no sys-admin. My aim is to get it running locally with Docker.

To that end, I've done the following:

• Created docker-compose.yml and given it the exact same contents as the suggested compose file in the Redash GH repo
• Started Docker Desktop
• Run docker compose up

This gives me an error about failing to read dockerfile. Now, I know, I know, it must be blindingly obvious to someone reading this what I'm doing wrong, but Redash is presumably intended for sys-admins and assumes the reader has all sorts of knowledge, and so didn't explicitly say I needed to create a dockerfile first, or what to put in it.

To this end, I'd be hugely grateful if someone could just point me in the right direction as to what I need to do!

Thank you in advance.

[arikfr]

The file in the repo is a template, and the image name is being replaced dynamically by the setup script. If you're running it manually, you’ll need to set it explicitly. The latest stable version should be image: redash/redash:v25.1.0.

Also, note that it tries to load an .env file from this path: /opt/redash/env (see line 6). You can change that to wherever your environment file is located.

Lastly, on line 44, it sets the Postgres data volume path — you might want to update that too, depending on your setup.

Once you've made those 3 adjustments, running docker compose up should work.