Docker

Elementary offers a Docker image that can be used to run edr commands.

Using a prebuilt Docker image to install Elementary in production has a few benefits: it already includes edr, the database adapters, and pinned versions of all their dependencies. By contrast, pip install elementary-data takes longer to run, and will always install the latest compatible versions of every dependency.

You might also be able to use Docker to install and develop locally if you don’t have a Python environment set up. However, if you’re a frequent local developer, we recommend that you install Elementary via pip instead.

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Install Elementary Docker image

Install an image using the docker pull command:

# For the latest version.
docker pull ghcr.io/elementary-data/elementary:latest

# For a specific version (for instance, 0.6.3).
docker pull ghcr.io/elementary-data/elementary:v0.6.3

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Running Elementary Docker image in a container

The ENTRYPOINT for Elementary Docker image is the command edr. You can bind-mount your project to /app and use edr as normal:

docker run \
--mount type=bind,source=<path/to/project>,target=/usr/app \
--mount type=bind,source=<path/to/profiles-dir>,target=/root/.dbt/ \
ghcr.io/elementary-data/elementary \
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