Docker is an easy way to get stated with Superset.

To initialize the database with a user and example charts, dashboards and datasets run:

docker-compose run -e SUPERSET_LOAD_EXAMPLES=yes --rm superset ./docker-init.sh

This may take a minute.

To run the container, simply run:

docker-compose up

After several minutes for superset initialization to finish, you can open a browser and view http://localhost:8088 to start your journey.

While running, the container server will reload on modification of the superset python and javascript source code. Don't forget to reload the page to take the new frontend into account though.

It is also possible to run Superset in non-development mode: in the docker-compose.yml file remove the volumes needed for development and change the variable SUPERSET_ENV to production.

If you are attempting to build on a Mac and it exits with 137 you need to increase your docker resources. OSX instructions: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/#advanced (Search for memory)