Frappe v15 installation on docker (without erpnext ) setup

Custom docker compose configuration for Frappe without ERPNext installed.

compose.yml

version: "3.8"

services:

  # ─── Database ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  db:
    image: mariadb:10.6
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    command:
      - --character-set-server=utf8mb4
      - --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
      - --skip-character-set-client-handshake
      - --skip-innodb-read-only-compressed
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost", "--password=${DB_PASSWORD}"]
      interval: 2s
      retries: 20

  # ─── Redis ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  redis-queue:
    image: redis:6.2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    volumes:
      - redis-queue-data:/data

  redis-cache:
    image: redis:6.2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network

  # ─── Configurator (runs once) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
  configurator:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: "no"
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    entrypoint:
      - bash
      - -c
    command:
      - |
        ls -1 apps > sites/apps.txt
        bench set-config -g db_host db
        bench set-config -gp db_port 3306
        bench set-config -g redis_cache "redis://redis-cache:6379"
        bench set-config -g redis_queue "redis://redis-queue:6379"
        bench set-config -g redis_socketio "redis://redis-queue:6379"
        bench set-config -gp socketio_port 9000
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  # ─── Create Site (runs once) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  create-site:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: "no"
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      configurator:
        condition: service_completed_successfully
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    entrypoint:
      - bash
      - -c
    command:
      - |
        wait-for-it -t 120 db:3306
        wait-for-it -t 120 redis-cache:6379
        wait-for-it -t 120 redis-queue:6379
        export start=`date +%s`
        until [[ -n `grep -hs ^ sites/common_site_config.json | jq -r ".db_host // empty"` ]] && \
          [[ -n `grep -hs ^ sites/common_site_config.json | jq -r ".redis_cache // empty"` ]] && \
          [[ -n `grep -hs ^ sites/common_site_config.json | jq -r ".redis_queue // empty"` ]]; do
          echo "Waiting for sites/common_site_config.json..."
          sleep 5
          if (( `date +%s`-start > 120 )); then
            echo "Timed out waiting for common_site_config.json"
            exit 1
          fi
        done
        echo "common_site_config.json ready"
        bench new-site --mariadb-user-host-login-scope='%' --admin-password=${ADMIN_PASSWORD} --db-root-username=root --db-root-password=${DB_PASSWORD} --install-app frappe --set-default ${SITE_NAME}
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  # ─── Backend ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  backend:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      create-site:
        condition: service_completed_successfully
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  # ─── Frontend (Nginx) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  frontend:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      - backend
      - websocket
    command: nginx-entrypoint.sh
    environment:
      BACKEND: backend:8000
      FRAPPE_SITE_NAME_HEADER: ${SITE_NAME}
      SOCKETIO: websocket:9000
      UPSTREAM_REAL_IP_ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1
      UPSTREAM_REAL_IP_HEADER: X-Forwarded-For
      UPSTREAM_REAL_IP_RECURSIVE: "off"
      PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT: 120
      CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE: 50m
    ports:
      - "80:8080"
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  # ─── WebSocket ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  websocket:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      - backend
    command: node /home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/socketio.js
    environment:
      FRAPPE_REDIS_CACHE: redis://redis-cache:6379
      FRAPPE_REDIS_QUEUE: redis://redis-queue:6379
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  # ─── Workers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  queue-short:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      - backend
    command:
      - bench
      - worker
      - --queue
      - short,default
    environment:
      FRAPPE_REDIS_CACHE: redis://redis-cache:6379
      FRAPPE_REDIS_QUEUE: redis://redis-queue:6379
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  queue-long:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      - backend
    command:
      - bench
      - worker
      - --queue
      - long,default,short
    environment:
      FRAPPE_REDIS_CACHE: redis://redis-cache:6379
      FRAPPE_REDIS_QUEUE: redis://redis-queue:6379
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

  scheduler:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - frappe_network
    depends_on:
      - backend
    command:
      - bench
      - schedule
    volumes:
      - sites:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/sites
      - logs:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/logs

volumes:
  db-data:
  redis-queue-data:
  sites:
  logs:

networks:
  frappe_network:
    driver: bridge

create a .env file

SITE_NAME=frappe.localhost
DB_PASSWORD=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin

Commands:

Up the container:

docker compose up  -d

Down the container:

 docker compose down

Hi @mathan21

Maybe edit the topic - is this a guide or are you facing a problem or do you have a question

If you don’t want to deal with docker directly, you can use frappe-manager
With FrappeManager installed it’s a one liner: fm create <site_name> --apps frappe:version-15

Just note, that whatever your site_name is, that’s how you will need to access it in your browser - not by the ip address.