Install ERPNext with Docker Tutorial

A Step-by-Step Guide on how to install Frappe ERPNext in macOS using Docker for arm64 based arch viz. M1, M2 chips.

Given, you know Git and macOS, installing ERPNext via Docker is easy and simple.

Step 1: Git Clone frappe_docker in local folder

git clone https://github.com/frappe/frappe_docker.git

Change directory into the frappe_docker

cd frappe_docker

Step 2: Docker Build multi-arch images for arm64

docker buildx bake --no-cache --set "*.platform=linux/arm64"

Step 3: Edit pwd.yml with platform versions

1. add platform: linux/arm64 to all services in the pwd.yml
2. replace the current specified versions of ERPNext image with :latest

We do both using default sed command available in zsh terminal of macOS.

sed -i '' '/image:/ {
s|frappe/erpnext:[^ ]*|frappe/erpnext:latest|g
N
s/\(image:.*\)\n\( *networks:\)/\1\n    platform: linux\/arm64\n\2/
}' pwd.yml

Before:

  backend:
    image: frappe/erpnext:v15.50.0
    networks:
      - frappe_network

After using sed in pwd.yml:

  backend:
    image: frappe/erpnext:latest
    platform: linux/arm64
    networks:
      - frappe_network

Use sed or awk. Instead, you can edit pwd.yml manually in any text editor.

Step 4: Docker Compose Up with pwd.yml

docker compose -f pwd.yml up -d

Optional: Check docker logs for create-site service

Step 5: Open browser and goto localhost:8080

Great, your locally running ERPNext is ready on http://localhost:8080

By default, it uses administrator and admin as credentials.