coder/docs/install/docker.md

You can install and run Coder using the official Docker images published on GitHub Container Registry.

Requirements

Docker is required. See the official installation documentation.

Run Coder with built-in database and tunnel (quick)

For proof-of-concept deployments, you can run a complete Coder instance with with the following command:

export CODER_DATA=$HOME/.config/coderv2-docker
mkdir -p $CODER_DATA
docker run --rm -it \
  -e CODER_TUNNEL=true \
  -v $CODER_DATA:/home/coder/.config \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  ghcr.io/coder/coder:latest

Coder configuration is defined via environment variables. Learn more about Coder's configuration options.

Run Coder with access URL and external PostgreSQL (recommended)

For production deployments, we recommend using an external PostgreSQL database. Set ACCESS_URL to the external URL that users and workspaces will use to connect to Coder.

docker run --rm -it \
  -e CODER_ACCESS_URL="https://coder.example.com" \
  -e CODER_PG_CONNECTION_URL="postgresql://username:password@database/coder" \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  ghcr.io/coder/coder:latest

Coder configuration is defined via environment variables. Learn more about Coder's configuration options.

Run Coder with docker-compose

Coder's publishes a docker-compose example which includes an PostgreSQL container and volume.

1. Install Docker Compose

2. Clone the coder repository:

   git clone https://github.com/coder/coder.git
   

3. Start Coder with docker-compose up:

   In order to use cloud-based templates (e.g. Kubernetes, AWS), you must have an external URL that users and workspaces will use to connect to Coder.

   For proof-of-concept deployments, you can use Coder's tunnel:

   cd coder
   
   CODER_TUNNEL=true docker-compose up
   

   For production deployments, we recommend setting an access URL:

   cd coder
   
   CODER_ACCESS_URL=https://coder.example.com docker-compose up
   

   Without CODER_ACCESS_URL or CODER_TUNNEL set, Coder will bind to localhost:7080. This will only work for Docker-based templates.

4. Visit the web ui via the configured url. You can add /login to the base url to create the first user via the ui.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions log in and create your first template and workspace

Troubleshooting

Docker-based workspace is stuck in "Connecting..."

Ensure you have an externally-reachable CODER_ACCESS_URL set. See troubleshooting templates for more steps.

Permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket

See Docker's official documentation to Manage Docker as a non-root user

Next steps

• Quickstart
• Configuring Coder
• Templates