Appwrite is a self-hosted backend server, packaged as a set of Docker containers. You can install and run Appwrite on any operating system that can run a Docker CLI. You can use Appwrite on your local desktop or a cloud provider of your choice.
+Appwrite is a self-hosted backend server, packaged as a set of Docker containers. You can install and run Appwrite on any operating system that can run a Docker CLI. You can use Appwrite on your local machine or a cloud provider of your choice.
Appwrite is designed to run well in both small and large deployments. The minimum requirements to run Appwrite is as little as 1 CPU core, 2GB of RAM, and an operating system that supports Docker.
+Appwrite is designed to run well on both small and large deployments. The minimum requirements to run Appwrite are as little as 1 CPU core and 2GB of RAM, and an operating system that supports Docker.
+Appwrite requires Docker Compose Version 2. To install Appwrite, make sure your Docker installation is updated to support Composer V2.
If you are migrating from an older version of Appwrite, you need to follow the migration instructions
+If you are migrating from an older version of Appwrite, you need to follow the migration instructions.
For advanced Docker users, the manual installation might seem more familiar. To setup Appwrite manually, download the Appwrite base docker-compose.yml and .env files, then move them inside a directory named 'appwrite'. After the download completes, update the different environment variables as you wish in the .env file and start the Appwrite stack using the following Docker command:
+For advanced Docker users, the manual installation might seem more familiar. To set up Appwrite manually, download the Appwrite base docker-compose.yml and .env files, then move them inside a directory named appwrite. After the download completes, update the different environment variables as you wish in the .env file and start the Appwrite stack using the following Docker command:
docker compose up -d --remove-orphansOnce the Docker installation completes, go to your machine's hostname or IP address in your browser to access the Appwrite console. Please note that on non-linux native hosts the server might take a few minutes to start after the installation is complete.
+Once the Docker installation completes, go to your machine's hostname or IP address on your browser to access the Appwrite console. Please note that on hosts that are not Linux-native, the server might take a few minutes to start after installation completes.
You can stop your Appwrite containers by using the following command executed from the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file.
+You can stop your Appwrite containers by using the following command executed from the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file.
docker compose stopTo stop and remove your Appwrite containers, you can use the following command executed from the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file.
+To stop and remove your Appwrite containers, you can use the following command executed from the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file.
docker compose down -v