Requirements

Ensure your system meets these requirements and has the needed software installed for a smooth experience.

Hardware

The server is capable of running on minimal resource requirements as a lightweight Go binary, since most of the intensive computational tasks are done on the client. It performs well on small cloud instances, old laptops, and even low-end embedded devices.

• Storage: An Unix-compatible filesystem such as ZFS, EXT4, BTRFS, etc. if using PostgreSQL container as it requires a filesystem that supports user/group permissions.
• RAM: A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is required for running the cluster (if using quickstart script).
• CPU: A minimum of 1 CPU core is required.

Software

• Operating System: Any Linux or *nix operating system, Ubuntu or Debian is recommended to have a good Docker experience. Non-Linux operating systems tend to provide poor experience with Docker and difficulty with troubleshooting and assistance.

• Docker: Required for running Ente's server, web application and dependent services (database and object storage). Ente also requires Docker Compose plugin to be installed.

NOTE

Ente requires Docker Compose version 2.30 or higher.

Furthermore, Ente uses the command docker compose, docker-compose is no longer supported.