I d like to ask how is it intended to be deployed There is n

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I d like to ask how is it intended to be deployed There is no mention about docker compose yml in the docs

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

If you run `prefect server start` then a compose file will be started its not actually a file though I don t think its specified programatically

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

But from outside a container yeah Somewhere with Docker

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

I used this manual <https docs prefect io core getting started installation html>

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

i started container from ```prefecthq prefect latest```

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

Yeah you want to start the server outside a container this will bring up a collection of containers

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

So on the Host machine i need to install prefect and docker compose Do I also need to provide a docker compose file Because there is none provided

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

Nope no compose file is required within the prefect CLI the compose file is specified programaticly

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

No I lie there is a compose file <https github com PrefectHQ prefect blob master src prefect cli docker compose yml> but you don t need to use it just run `prefect server start`

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

on host

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

this is what i get when i run the command

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

Python 2

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

Change to a more recent python version resinstall compose

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

ok will do

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

i installed prefect via pip3 and docker compose via apt

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

You seem to be somehow mixing packages from a python 2 install and python 3 I would encourage you to use pyenv to manage python versions and then virtual env for running apps

Josh Greenhalgh · Answer

Yeah that will be it

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

thanks i got it running

Ondřej Melichar · Answer

Just probably need to add some agent