QuantRocket runs on Docker, so installing QuantRocket is a two-part process:
Visit Docker's website and follow the installation instructions for your distribution:
When finished, run Docker's hello-world container to verify the installation:
$ sudo docker run hello-world
By default, you have to use sudo
to run Docker. Forgetting to do so can result in confusing error messages, so follow the steps to allow yourself to manage Docker as a non-root user. Verify that it worked by running (without sudo
):
$ docker run hello-world
You may also want to configure Docker to start on boot.
Next, follow the instructions for installing Docker Compose on Linux .
When finished, verify your installation:
$ docker compose version
To install QuantRocket, download a Docker Compose file which tells Docker how to create the QuantRocket stack. A Compose file is a YAML file that defines a multi-container Docker application.
On your computer, open a terminal.
Create a folder for QuantRocket under your home directory:
$ cd ~
$ mkdir quantrocket
$ cd quantrocket
Copy and paste the following command to download the latest Compose file and save to your computer:
$ curl 'https://www.quantrocket.com/composefiles/latest/local/docker-compose.yml' -o docker-compose.yml
(You can also download the Compose file from the downloads page.)
Now, use docker compose
to deploy QuantRocket:
$ cd ~/quantrocket
$ docker compose -p quantrocket up -d
Docker Compose will read your docker-compose.yml
, pull the images down from Docker Hub, and create and run containers from the images. This process takes 5-15 minutes. You will see output like this:
Creating network "quantrocket_default" with the default driver
Creating volume "quantrocket_codeload" with default driver
Creating volume "quantrocket_db" with default driver
Creating volume "quantrocket_flightlog" with default driver
Creating volume "quantrocket_settings" with default driver
Pulling codeload (quantrocket/codeload:2.9.0)...
2.9.0: Pulling from quantrocket/codeload
852e50cd189d: Pull complete
a6236801494d: Downloading [======================================> ] 62.63MB/80.38MB
679c171d6942: Download complete
8fe74afaa3e3: Download complete
d9ada034b8a6: Downloading [=============> ] 4.94MB/18.95MB
You can list all the containers that are running:
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
d26da467ac03 bc77b14f9c3d "uwsgi-quantrocket -…" About an hour ago Up About an hour 80/tcp quantrocket_master_1
b1569b403b38 f2226cb5f6c3 "uwsgi-quantrocket -…" About an hour ago Up About an hour 80/tcp quantrocket_fundamental_1
fcf1c7b0fb36 1ca2dbd9bfd2 "uwsgi-quantrocket -…" About an hour ago Up About an hour 80/tcp quantrocket_realtime_1
952089561d20 fcade8902208 "uwsgi-quantrocket -…" About an hour ago Up About an hour 80/tcp quantrocket_history_1
...
You can now access the Jupyter environment in your browser at:
You may want to bookmark this URL.
In JupyterLab you'll see the JupyterLab dashboard. Click the Quickstart button to find an interactive tour and other resources to help you get started with QuantRocket: