How to Install Redash on Ubuntu Server Latest

Introduction

Redash is an open-source tool that enables users to gather insights and improve their business by creating visualizations and dashboards from various data sources. Redash supports various data sources such as SQL, Google Analytics, MongoDB, and many more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Redash on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu Server installed and running with a non-root user with sudo privileges
• Docker installed on your Ubuntu server
  • To install Docker, please follow the installation guide from the official Docker website.

Step 1: Install Docker on Ubuntu

Before installing Redash, we need to install Docker. To install Docker, follow these steps:

1. Update your package index and install necessary packages:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
   

2. Add Docker’s GPG key to system using the following command:

   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Add the Docker repository to Ubuntu sources.list with this command:

   sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
   

4. Install Docker by running:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install docker-ce
   

5. Check the installed Docker version with this command:

   docker --version
   

Step 2: Install Redash

1. Create a directory for Redash:

   mkdir ~/redash
   cd ~/redash
   

2. Create a docker-compose.yml file:

   touch docker-compose.yml
   

3. Edit the docker-compose.yml file using your favorite text editor and paste the following code:

   version: '3'
   services:
     server:
       image: redash/redash:latest
       container_name: redash_server
       restart: always
       env_file: /opt/redash/env
       ports:
         - "5000:5000"
       depends_on:
         - postgres
         - redis
       networks:
         - redash_network
     worker:
       image: redash/redash:latest
       container_name: redash_worker
       restart: always
       env_file: /opt/redash/env
       depends_on:
         - postgres
         - redis
       networks:
         - redash_network
     scheduler:
       image: redash/redash:latest
       container_name: redash_scheduler
       restart: always
       env_file: /opt/redash/env
       depends_on:
         - postgres
         - redis
       networks:
         - redash_network
     postgres:
       image: postgres:9.6-alpine
       container_name: redash_postgres
       restart: always
       environment:
         POSTGRES_PASSWORD: <your-password-here>
       volumes:
         - ~/redash/postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       networks:
         - redash_network
     redis:
       image: redis:3-alpine
       container_name: redash_redis
       restart: always
       networks:
         - redash_network
   networks:
     redash_network:
       driver: bridge
   

   Note: You must replace <your-password-here> with your desired password.

4. Create an .env file:

   touch env
   

5. Edit the .env file using your favorite text editor and paste the following code:

   PYTHONUNBUFFERED=0
   REDASH_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
   REDASH_REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
   REDASH_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:<your-password-here>@postgres/postgres
   REDASH_COOKIE_SECRET=<your-safe-random-string>
   

   Note: You must replace <your-password-here> with your desired password and <your-safe-random-string> with your safe random string.

6. Finally, start Redash by running the following command:

   docker-compose up -d
   

7. Navigate to <your-server-ip>:5000 in your web browser to access Redash.

Conclusion

In this guide, we showed you how to install Redash on Ubuntu Server Latest. With Redash, you can interactively query your data sources, easily create dashboards for tracking and improving your business, and share data-driven insights with your team.

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