when trying to use prefect locally via the docker image

docker run -it prefecthq/prefect:latest

, when i then run

prefect server start

I get a FileNotFoundError looking for a docker-compose file. I am running the command in the docker container

Hi @Alex Welch - I can't test this atm but my initial guess would be this is a docker-in-docker issue; can you confirm by execing into that container that the docker compose file exists in the

~/.prefect

directory?

actually, i dont see anytihng in that folder

Hi @Alex Welch - sorry for the slow response here, I've tested this and can confirm what you're seeing; the issue arises because the base Prefect image isn't intended to run Prefect Server, it's intended to package core components for running flows. As such, it doesn't have docker installed; to make this work, you'll need to create your own image that has docker, and install prefect in that.

makes total sense

That seems like a solid solution!

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