The smallest production-shaped configuration. Bundled PostgreSQL, bundled Redis, NocoDB on port 8080. No reverse proxy, no SSL. Every value lives in docker-compose.yml, so docker compose up -d works out of the box.

PostgreSQL: Bundled (data persisted to the postgres_data named volume)
Redis: Bundled (data persisted to the redis_data named volume)
Proxy: None. NocoDB on http://localhost:8080.

Usage #

cp -r docker-compose/examples/quickstart-demo ./my-deployment
cd my-deployment
docker compose up -d

Demo password. This compose file uses a hardcoded password (quickstart_demo_pw_change_me) so the example works out of the box. Replace it everywhere it appears in docker-compose.yml (three places: the db service's POSTGRES_PASSWORD, and the NC_DB connection string in both the nocodb and worker services) before any real use.

Activating an enterprise license #

After NocoDB starts, open http://localhost:8080, sign up as the first user (you become super admin), then go to Admin Panel → License and paste your license key. Postgres is required for license activation; this example satisfies that requirement.