docker-compose-metabase

docker-compose-metabase is a boilerplate for deploying a Metabase stack with a local postgres database.

Tech

• Docker - HTML enhanced for web apps!
• docker-compose - awesome web-based text editor
• Metabase - Markdown parser done right. Fast and easy to extend.
• Postgresql - great UI boilerplate for modern web apps

Dependencies

You should have Docker and docker-compose installed.

Installation

After cloning the repo, create a copy of .env.sample named .env and update the values as you wish. Kick start docker-compose with the start script:

$ ./start.sh

This template creates a folder named pg-data in the root level of the project. You may back that up if you wish.

Creating an AWS AMI with Ansible

Create a copy of .packer.env.sample named .packer.env and add your AWS config:

AWS_REGION=
AWS_SOURCE_AMI=should be an amazon linux AMI avaiable in the region above
AWS_VPC_ID=vpc in which to run the EC2 instance that will become the AMI
AWS_SUBNET_ID=public subnet

Run the script:

$ ./build-ami.sh

Creating an Auto Scaling Group with AWS Cloudformation

From ./aws/cloudformation Create a copy of .cloudformation.env.sample named .cloudformation.env and add your AWS config:

AWS_REGION=
AWS_CF_S3_BUCKET=S3 bucket to store cloudformation templates
ENVIRONMENT_NAME=cloudformation stack name
KEY_NAME=name of the key pair to use in the ec2 instance that will be spun up
INSTANCE_TYPE=one of https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/
AMI=AMI ID output from build-ami.sh
VPC=VPC ID
SUBNETS=comma delimited list of subnets where the ASG will be available

To deploy the Auto Scaling Group:

$ cd aws/cloudformation/bin
$ ./package-template.sh
$ ./create-stack.sh