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:

Update your package index and install necessary packages:

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

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

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

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"

Install Docker by running:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce

Check the installed Docker version with this command:
```
docker --version
```

Step 2: Install Redash

Create a directory for Redash:
```
mkdir ~/redash
cd ~/redash
```
Create a docker-compose.yml file:
```
touch docker-compose.yml
```

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.

Create an .env file:
```
touch env
```

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.

Finally, start Redash by running the following command:
```
docker-compose up -d
```
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.