How to install Metabase on a Cloud VPS

Metabase is the easy way to ask questions of your data: dashboards, charts and SQL exploration your whole team can use.

Self-hosted analytics means you own the data, GDPR compliance is straightforward and there are no event or visitor caps.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Metabase installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick Metabase from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 3000.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-20)
docker network create metabase
docker volume create metabase_db
docker run -d --name metabase-db --restart=always --network metabase \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=metabase -e POSTGRES_USER=metabase -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$DB_PASS" \
  -v metabase_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres:16
docker run -d --name metabase --restart=always --network metabase -p 3000:3000 \
  -e MB_DB_TYPE=postgres -e MB_DB_DBNAME=metabase -e MB_DB_PORT=5432 \
  -e MB_DB_USER=metabase -e MB_DB_PASS="$DB_PASS" -e MB_DB_HOST=metabase-db \
  metabase/metabase:latest
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
printf 'Metabase: http://%s:3000\nCreeaza contul de administrator la prima accesare (prima pornire dureaza 1-2 minute).\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.