Quickstart
Start Kestra in a Docker container and create your first flow.
Start Kestra
Prerequisites: Make sure that Docker is installed in your environment. We recommend Docker Desktop.
Make sure that Docker is running. Then, you can start Kestra in a single command using Docker (if you run it on Windows, make sure to use WSL):
docker run --pull=always --rm -it -p 8080:8080 --user=root -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /tmp:/tmp kestra/kestra:latest server local
Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser to launch the UI and start building your first flows.
The above command starts Kestra with an embedded H2 database that will not persist data. If you want to use a persistent database backend with Postgres and more configurability, follow the Docker Compose installation.
Create Your First Flow
Navigate to Flows in the left menu, then click the "Create" button and paste the following configuration to create your first flow:
id: getting_started
namespace: company.team
tasks:
- id: hello_world
type: io.kestra.plugin.core.log.Log
message: Hello World!
Click on Save and then on the Execute button to start your first execution.
Next Steps
Congrats! You've just installed Kestra and executed your first flow! 👏
Next, you can follow the documentation in this order:
- Check out the tutorial
- Get to know the building blocks of a flow
- Learn the core concepts
- Check out the available Plugins to integrate with external systems and start orchestrating your applications, microservices and processes
- Deploy Kestra to remote development and production environments
- Almost everything is configurable in Kestra. You can find the different configuration options available to Administrators in the Configuration Guide
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