Installing Rocket.Chat on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit with Docker for Windows.
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Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
- Minimum of 4 GB of memory on your Windows 10 Pro machine.
- Minimum of 20 GB of disk space, preferably SSD.
- A 64-bit edition of Windows 10 Pro.
- Your system has the latest Windows updates.
- Enabled Hyper-V (requires a reboot).
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- Download and install Docker for Windows.
- Create or open a directory you want to hold the content of your server.
- Create a file named
docker-compose.yml
based on this example. - Execute these commands in the directory where the
docker-compose.yml
file is located and wait for the server to start.
docker compose up
docker compose logs -f rocketchat
- Visit
http://localhost:3000
on your browser to access your workspace. Follow the configuration prompts to configure your workspace.