Superset

Modern data exploration and visualization platform — build charts, dashboards, and SQL-driven analytics on top of your databases.

Port	8088
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/superset
Source	https://github.com/apache/superset
Website	https://superset.apache.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  superset:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:latest"
    container_name: superset
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY=<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY>  # Flask SECRET_KEY; auto-generated and persisted to /config/.secret_key when unset
      - SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME=  # Admin username to ensure on startup (default: admin)
      - SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD>  # When set, creates/ensures the admin user on startup
      - SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL=  # Admin email (default: admin@example.com)
      - SUPERSET_WORKERS=  # Gunicorn worker count (default: 2)
      - DATABASE_URL=  # Metadata database URI (default: sqlite:////config/superset.db)
      - REDIS_URL=  # Optional Redis URL for caching
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/superset:/config"
    ports:
      - "8088:8088"
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "{'port': 8088, 'path': '/health'}"]
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=superset
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY=<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY>
SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME=
SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD>
SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL=
SUPERSET_WORKERS=
DATABASE_URL=
REDIS_URL=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  superset:
    name: superset
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8088:8088 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY: !ENV '${SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY}'
        - SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME: !ENV '${SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME}'
        - SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD: !ENV '${SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD}'
        - SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL: !ENV '${SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL}'
        - SUPERSET_WORKERS: !ENV '${SUPERSET_WORKERS}'
        - DATABASE_URL: !ENV '${DATABASE_URL}'
        - REDIS_URL: !ENV '${REDIS_URL}'
    volumes:
      - superset: /config
volumes:
  superset:
    device: '/path/to/containers/superset'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name superset \
  -p 8088:8088 \
  --health-cmd {'port': 8088, 'path': '/health'} \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY=<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY> \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME= \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD> \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL= \
  -e SUPERSET_WORKERS= \
  -e DATABASE_URL= \
  -e REDIS_URL= \
  -v /path/to/containers/superset:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8088:8088 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY=<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY> \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME= \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD> \
  -e SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL= \
  -e SUPERSET_WORKERS= \
  -e DATABASE_URL= \
  -e REDIS_URL= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/superset /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:latest superset

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy superset
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: superset
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY: "<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY>"
      SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME: ""
      SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD>"
      SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL: ""
      SUPERSET_WORKERS: ""
      DATABASE_URL: ""
      REDIS_URL: ""
    ports:
      - "8088:8088"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/superset:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:8088

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY	<SUPERSET_SECRET_KEY>	Flask SECRET_KEY; auto-generated and persisted to /config/.secret_key when unset
SUPERSET_ADMIN_USERNAME	``	Admin username to ensure on startup (default: admin)
SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD	<SUPERSET_ADMIN_PASSWORD>	When set, creates/ensures the admin user on startup
SUPERSET_ADMIN_EMAIL	``	Admin email (default: admin@example.com)
SUPERSET_WORKERS	``	Gunicorn worker count (default: 2)
DATABASE_URL	``	Metadata database URI (default: sqlite:////config/superset.db)
REDIS_URL	``	Optional Redis URL for caching

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Superset home: metadata DB, secret key, uploads

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
8088	TCP	Web UI

Redis caching

Set REDIS_URL to enable Redis-backed caching, e.g. with daemonless/redis on the same host (network_mode: host — inter-container DNS is not available on FreeBSD podman):

services:
  superset:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/superset:latest
    container_name: superset
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
    volumes:
      - /containers/superset:/config
    depends_on:
      - redis

  redis:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/redis:latest
    container_name: superset_redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - /containers/superset-redis:/config

CSV / file uploads

Uploads require a database connection with Allow file uploads to database enabled (edit the database → Advanced → Security). To use a local SQLite playground database as the upload target, start the container with SUPERSET_ALLOW_SQLITE=true.

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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