Docker Compose

Install Infisical using Docker compose. This self hosting method contains all of the required components needed to run a functional instance of Infisical.

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Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker compose

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Verify prerequisites

To verify that Docker compose and Docker are installed on the machine where you plan to install Infisical, run the following commands.

Check for docker installation

docker

Check for docker compose installation

docker-compose 

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Download docker compose file

You can obtain the Infisical docker compose file by using a command-line downloader such as wget or curl. If your system doesn’t have either of these, you can use a equivalent command that works with your machine.

• curl
• wget

curl -o docker-compose.prod.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Infisical/infisical/main/docker-compose.prod.yml

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Configure instance credentials

Infisical requires a set of credentials used for connecting to dependent services such as Postgres, Redis, etc. The default credentials can be downloaded using the one of the commands listed below.

• curl
• wget

  curl -o .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Infisical/infisical/main/.env.example

Once downloaded, the credentials file will be saved to your working directly as .env file. View all available configurations here.

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Start Infisical

Run the command below to start Infisical and all related services.

docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up

Your Infisical instance should now be running on port 80. To access your instance, visit http://localhost:80.