Quickstart Docker Compose

Docker Compose (part of Docker) makes it possible to orchestrate the configuration of multiple Docker containers at once using a docker-compose.yml file.

Requirements

Before you continue, please make sure that you have Docker and Compose installed. Please refer to https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/ for documentation on how to install Docker.

ChirpStack provides a repository with example Docker Compose configuration to help you getting started with ChirpStack. This repository can be found at https://github.com/chirpstack/chirpstack-docker.

To clone this repository, you can use the following command:

git clone https://github.com/chirpstack/chirpstack-docker.git
cd chirpstack-docker

Configuration

ChirpStack configuration can be found in the configuration/chirpstack directory. It contains the global chirpstack.toml configuration, as well the configuration for all regions. The example configuration works out of the box.

Start

You can execute the following command to start ChirpStack and its dependencies:

docker-compose up

Please note that the first time you execute this command, there might be some errors logged as the database needs to be initialized.

Connect gateway

UDP Packet Forwarder

The example Compose environment contains an instance of the ChirpStack Gateway Bridge, pre-configured for the EU868 region and listening for UDP data on port 1700. Please consult the documentation of your gateway how you should configure the UDP Packet Forwarder on your gateway.

Changing the region

To change the gateway region, open the configuration/chirpstack-gateway-bridge/chirpstack-gateway-bridge.toml configuration file, and change the topic prefix to the prefix matching the ChirpStack region configuration. After making configuration changes, make sure to restart the Compose environment.

docker-compose stop
docker-compose up

ChirpStack Gateway Bridge on gateway

Alternatively, you could install the ChirpStack Gateway Bridge on your gateway, and connect it to the Mosquitto MQTT Broker (part of this docker-compose.yml). Please make sure that the chirpstack-gateway-bridge.toml topic configuration matches the desired ChirpStack region.

Import TTN device repository

To import the TTN lorawan-devices repository (optional step), run the following command:

make import-lorawan-devices

This will clone the lorawan-devices repository and execute the import-ttn-lorawan-devices command of ChirpStack. Please note that for this step, you need to have the git and make commands installed.

Navigate to http://localhost:8080 and login with admin / admin. In case the Compose environment is running on a different host, you need to change the address in your browser.