Installing Redash on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Redash is a web-based application that provides an intuitive way to create data visualizations and dashboards. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Redash on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning with the installation process, ensure that you have the following:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
  • Basic knowledge of the terminal commands
  • A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Docker

Redash requires Docker to be installed on your system. You can use the following command to install Docker on Fedora CoreOS Latest:

sudo rpm-ostree install docker

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

Docker Compose is an essential tool for managing multi-container Docker applications. You can install Docker Compose by running the following command:

sudo dnf install docker-compose

Step 3: Create a new user for Redash

It is recommended to create a dedicated user for running Redash. You can create a new user by running the following command:

sudo useradd -m redash

Step 4: Clone the Redash repository

You can clone the Redash repository from GitHub by running the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/getredash/redash.git /opt/redash

Step 5: Configure the Redash environment

You can configure the Redash environment by creating a new file named .env in the /opt/redash directory. You can use the following command to create the file:

sudo touch /opt/redash/.env

Open the file using a text editor and add the following contents:

PYTHONUNBUFFERED=0
REDASH_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
REDASH_REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
REDASH_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://redash:[password]@postgres/postgres
REDASH_COOKIE_SECRET=[cookie_secret]

In the above environment variables, you need to replace the following values:

  • [password]: The password for the Redash user.
  • [cookie_secret]: A unique secret string for signing cookies.

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Build and start the Redash containers

You can build and start the Redash containers by running the following command:

sudo docker-compose -f /opt/redash/docker-compose.yml run --rm server create_db
sudo docker-compose -f /opt/redash/docker-compose.yml up -d

This command will build and start the required Redash containers.

Step 7: Access Redash

You can access Redash by visiting http://localhost:5000 in your web browser. You can log in using the default credentials: admin as the username and admin as the password.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Redash on Fedora CoreOS Latest by following these steps. Now, you can start exploring Redash and creating data dashboards and visualizations.