Can't instal Nocobase using Docker

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Hi, I’m an absolute beginner. Just working out how to use terminal in Mac. Finally succeeded in getting Docker to work after several hours. Now stuck with Nocobase.

Here is what I have:
Latest version Sequoia 15.3.1
Latest version Docker 4.39.0

Here is what I have done.

  1. Downloaded Rosetta 2
  2. Tried to follow the Nocobase instal instructions for Docker
    I have tried steps 1 and 2 a few times.

Here is the latest message on Terminal:
Last login: Sat Mar 8 10:03:27 on ttys000
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DW-Airbk-2023:~ davidwilliams$ nocobase/nocobase:latest
-bash: nocobase/nocobase:latest: No such file or directory
DW-Airbk-2023:~ davidwilliams$

  1. Tried Step 4 - [localhost:13000] - won’t open. “This site can’t be reached”

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’m about to give up!

2

Hi,

After the docker instalaed, you can create file called docker-compose and add the code below and run the commmand: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d

version: '3'

networks:
  nocobase:
    driver: bridge

services:
  app:
    image: nocobase/nocobase:latest

    networks:
      - nocobase
    depends_on:
      - postgres
    environment:
      # The application's secret key, used to generate user tokens, etc.
      # If APP_KEY is changed, old tokens will also become invalid.
      # It can be any random string, and make sure it is not exposed.
      - APP_KEY=your-secret-key
      # Database type, supports postgres, mysql, mariadb
      - DB_DIALECT=postgres
      # Database host, can be replaced with the IP of an existing database server
      - DB_HOST=postgres
      # Database name
      - DB_DATABASE=nocobase
      # Database user
      - DB_USER=nocobase
      # Database password
      - DB_PASSWORD=nocobase
      # Timezone
      - TZ=Asia/Shanghai
    volumes:
      - ./storage:/app/nocobase/storage
    ports:
      - '13000:80'
    # init: true

  # If using an existing database server, postgres service can be omitted
  postgres:
    image: postgres:16
    restart: always
    command: postgres -c wal_level=logical
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: nocobase
      POSTGRES_DB: nocobase
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: nocobase
    volumes:
      - ./storage/db/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    ports:
      - '5433:5432'
    networks:
      - nocobase

After executed the comand, you can acess nocobase app using browser http://localhost:13000

For more details: https://docs.nocobase.com/welcome/getting-started/installation/docker-compose

3

Hi, many thanks for your detailed reply. I tried to follow your instructions, but still cannot access localhost:13000.

I first tried re-creating the docker-compose file as follows:

~ davidwilliams$ touch docker-compose.yml

I checked if this file was there as follows:
~ davidwilliams$ ls docker-compose
ls: docker-compose: No such file or directory

So I tried checking again with the .yml attached:

~ davidwilliams$ ls docker-compose.yml
docker-compose.yml

I guess that means it is somewhere on my Mac?

I then entered the code you had given by pasting it into Terminal. But every line was followed by a reply something like this:

~ davidwilliams$ version: ‘3’
-bash: version:: command not found
…
~ davidwilliams$ driver: bridge
-bash: driver:: command not found

Also, entering the line, docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
came up with this response:
~ davidwilliams$ docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
empty compose file

Am I meant to be doing all this through Terminal, or should it be entered somewhere within the Docker desktop app? As I say, I’m very much a beginner in all of this. Thanks