# Self Host appSmith

curl -L https://bit.ly/32jBNin -o $PWD/docker-compose.yml

• This configuration runs an AppSmith instance and a Watchtower instance to keep Appsmith automatically up-to-date.
• Bring the docker container up by running the following command. (You may need to run as sudo if docker and docker-compose are not accessible by your user)

docker-compose up -d

• IF not already locally available, this command will download the Docker images and start the services. You can follow the logs with the following command:

docker logs -f appsmith

• You should see a message Appsmith is Running! once the container is ready
• Congratulations! Your Appsmith server should be up and running now. You can access it at http://localhost.

To update Appsmith (configured with docker-compose) manually, go to the root directory of your setup and run the following commands:

docker-compose pull
docker-compose rm -fsv appsmith
docker-compose up -d

To quickly get Appsmith up and running, run the following command on your machine:

docker run -d --name appsmith -p 80:80 -p 9001:9001 -v "$PWD/stacks:/appsmith-stacks" appsmith/appsmith-ce

• This command will download the image and start Appsmith. Once the download is complete, the server should be up in under a minute. You can follow the logs with the following command:

docker logs -f appsmith

• You should see a message Appsmith is Running! once the container is ready

If your containers are failing to restart, you can execute the below script to bring them up:

copy the script to your installation folder and make it executable

chmod +x restart-containers.sh
./restart-containers.sh

To update Appsmith manually, go to the root directory of your setup and run the following commands:

docker rmi appsmith/appsmith-ce -f
docker pull appsmith/appsmith-ce
docker rm -f appsmith
docker run -d --name appsmith -p 80:80 -p 9001:9001 -v "$PWD/stacks:/appsmith-stacks" appsmith/appsmith-ce