This guide uses the official Docker Compose quickstart.
mkdir -p directus
cd directus
docker-compose.ymlversion: "3"
services:
database:
image: postgres:16
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_USER: directus
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: StrongPassword123!
POSTGRES_DB: directus
volumes:
- db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
cache:
image: redis:7
restart: unless-stopped
directus:
image: directus/directus:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8055:8055"
environment:
KEY: "a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8"
SECRET: "DirectusSecretExample123!"
DB_CLIENT: "pg"
DB_HOST: "database"
DB_PORT: 5432
DB_DATABASE: "directus"
DB_USER: "directus"
DB_PASSWORD: "StrongPassword123!"
CACHE_ENABLED: "true"
CACHE_STORE: "redis"
REDIS: "redis://cache:6379"
depends_on:
- database
- cache
volumes:
db_data:
docker compose up -d
Open http://example.com:8055 and create the first admin user.
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