Install InvenTree with Docker

Table of Contents

Requirements #

Download jq:

apt install jq

Save the version number of the latest release:

export INVENTREE_VERSION="$(wget -q -O- 'https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/InvenTree/releases/latest' | jq -r '.tag_name')"

Docker #

See how to install Docker.

Required Files #

Create a directory for InvenTree:

mkdir /opt/inventree

Download the docker-compose.yml:

wget -q -O "/opt/inventree/docker-compose.yml" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inventree/InvenTree/refs/tags/${INVENTREE_VERSION}/contrib/container/docker-compose.yml"

Download .env file:

wget -q -O "/opt/inventree/.env" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inventree/InvenTree/refs/tags/${INVENTREE_VERSION}/contrib/container/.env"

Download Caddyfile file:

wget -q -O "/opt/inventree/Caddyfile" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inventree/InvenTree/refs/tags/${INVENTREE_VERSION}/contrib/container/Caddyfile"

Configure #

cd /opt/inventree

Configure the environment variables:

nano .env

Initial Database Setup #

docker compose run --rm inventree-server invoke update

Create Administrator Account #

docker compose run inventree-server invoke superuser

Start #

Start Docker containers:

docker compose up -d