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# Running LangFlow with Docker
This guide will help you get LangFlow up and running using Docker and Docker Compose.
## Prerequisites
- Docker
- Docker Compose
## Steps
1. Clone the LangFlow repository:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow.git
```
2. Navigate to the `docker_example` directory:
```sh
cd langflow/docker_example
```
3. Create a `.env` file with the LangFlow admin password:
```sh
LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=replace-with-a-strong-password
```
The default admin username is `langflow`.
4. Run the Docker Compose file:
```sh
docker compose up
```
LangFlow will now be accessible at [http://localhost:7860/](http://localhost:7860/).
## Docker Compose Configuration
The Docker Compose configuration spins up two services: `langflow` and `postgres`.
### LangFlow Service
The `langflow` service uses the `langflowai/langflow:latest` Docker image and exposes port 7860. It depends on the `postgres` service.
Environment variables:
- `LANGFLOW_DATABASE_URL`: The connection string for the PostgreSQL database.
- `LANGFLOW_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`: The initial admin password. This value is required in `.env`.
- `LANGFLOW_CONFIG_DIR`: The directory where LangFlow stores logs, file storage, monitor data, and secret keys.
Volumes:
- `langflow-data`: This volume is mapped to `/app/langflow` in the container.
### PostgreSQL Service
The `postgres` service uses the `postgres:16-trixie` Docker image and exposes port 5432. The image is pinned to a specific Debian base (`trixie`, Debian 13) so the `postgres:16` tag cannot silently roll its underlying OS, which would otherwise produce a glibc collation version mismatch warning on existing data volumes.
Environment variables:
- `POSTGRES_USER`: The username for the PostgreSQL database.
- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`: The password for the PostgreSQL database.
- `POSTGRES_DB`: The name of the PostgreSQL database.
Volumes:
- `langflow-postgres`: This volume is mapped to `/var/lib/postgresql/data` in the container.
### Upgrading from a `bookworm`-initialized volume
Earlier versions of this example used `postgres:16`, which initially shipped on Debian Bookworm (glibc 2.36). The pinned image now uses Trixie (glibc 2.41). On the first start against a volume that was initialized under Bookworm, PostgreSQL logs a one-time warning:
```
WARNING: database "langflow" has a collation version mismatch
DETAIL: The database was created using collation version 2.36, but the operating system provides version 2.41.
```
To clear it, refresh the collation version against the running database (one-off, takes seconds on a typical Langflow database):
```sh
docker compose exec postgres \
psql -U langflow -d langflow \
-c "REINDEX DATABASE langflow;" \
-c "ALTER DATABASE langflow REFRESH COLLATION VERSION;"
```
Fresh installs are unaffected.
## Switching to a Specific LangFlow Version
If you want to use a specific version of LangFlow, you can modify the `image` field under the `langflow` service in the Docker Compose file. For example, to use version 1.0-alpha, change `langflowai/langflow:latest` to `langflowai/langflow:1.0-alpha`.