Installation

Official Link: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/installation-and-operation/running-metabase-on-docker

Running

Initial start and configuration

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e MB_DB_CONNECTION_URI="jdbc:postgresql://<host>:5432/metabase?user=<username>&password=<password>" --name metabase metabase/metabase:latest

Check status

docker ps

Restart the server

sudo docker start metabase

Upgrading

See the official directions here

Stop the docker container in the terminal

sudo docker stop metabse

Backup your Metabase database in PostgreSQL using pg_dump

sudo pg_dump -U postgres metabase_databse_name > /home/your_user_name/backup_filename.sql

Pull the new software

sudo docker pull metabase/metabase:latest

Remove the existing [old] container

sudo docker rm metabse

Pray to your god and start new container image

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -e MB_DB_CONNECTION_URI="jdbc:postgresql://<host>:5432/metabase?user=<username>&password=<password>" --name metabase metabase/metabase:latest