Frappe on docker

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Hello,
I was wondering if someone can help me with setting up a docker for ERPNext.

I was able to set it up on a VM, but now I would like to switch to a docker. I have never worked with docker before so I dived into it and got to know the basics.

with https://github.com/frappe/frappe_docker/blob/main/docs/development.md I was able to set up a docker with erpnext on it. There were some errors on the way that I was able to solve, but when I tried to change from development (with “bench start”) to production (“sudo bench setup production”), I am getting errors that I cannot solve. For instance, I received a ‘Externally Managed Environment’ Error that I am not able to solve and internet is also not really helpful in solving this issue. Also, python3-venv does not want to install so I am also stuck on that.

It feels like I missed something or am doing something totally wrong, but I cannot figure it out. Would be nice if someone could help me out. Thanks in advance!

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You’ll need to setup a production environment

If you run a single server and don’t plan to add more servers, go with docker compose setup

If you are a business entity with potential to add team and nodes, setup docker swarm or kubernetes.

Frappe docker has docs for single server setup https://github.com/frappe/frappe_docker/blob/main/docs/single-server-example.md

For docker swarm check https://dockerswarm.rocks and https://github.com/castlecraft/custom_containers/blob/main/docs/docker-swarm.md

For Kubernetes start with https://github.com/frappe/helm/blob/main/erpnext/README.md

To understand the setup go through https://github.com/frappe/frappe_docker/blob/main/docs/single-compose-setup.md

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Okay thanks, I was using the wrong installations then.

What is difference between setting it up via the docker production setup and the classic frappe-bench approach?

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Use what you’re comfortable with.

Difference is features and trade-offs that come with containers.

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