# Create FoundKey instance with Docker Compose This guide describes how to install and setup FoundKey with Docker Compose. **WARNING:** Never change the domain name (hostname) of an instance once you start using it! ## Requirements - Docker or Podman - Docker Compose plugin (or podman-compose) If using Podman, replace `docker` with `podman`. Commands using `docker compose` should be replaced with `podman-compose`. You may need to prefix `docker` commands with `sudo` unless your user is in the `docker` group or you are running Docker in rootless mode. ## Get the repository ```sh git clone https://akkoma.dev/FoundKeyGang/FoundKey.git cd FoundKey ``` ##Configure Copy example configuration files with following: ```sh cp .config/docker_example.yml .config/default.yml cp .config/docker_example.env .config/docker.env cp ./docker-compose.yml.example ./docker-compose.yml ``` Edit `default.yml` and `docker.env` according to the instructions in the files. Edit `docker-compose.yml` if necessary. (e.g. if you want to change the port). ## Build and initialize The following command will build FoundKey and initialize the database. This will take some time. ``` shell docker compose build docker compose run --rm web pnpm run init ``` ## Launch You can start FoundKey with the following command: ```sh docker compose up -d ``` ## How to update your FoundKey server When updating, be sure to check the [release notes](https://akkoma.dev/FoundKeyGang/FoundKey/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md) to know in advance the changes and whether or not additional work is required (in most cases, it is not). ```sh git stash git checkout master git pull git stash pop docker compose build docker compose stop && docker compose up -d ``` It may take some time depending on the contents of the update and the size of the database. ## How to execute CLI commands ```sh docker compose run --rm web node packages/backend/built/tools/foo bar ```