Run Docker with data container¶

To run Docker with data container:

Create a persistent data container:
```
docker create --volume /srv \
--name pmm-data \
percona/pmm-server:3 /bin/true
```
Important

PMM Server expects the data volume to be /srv. Using any other value will result in data loss when upgrading.

To check server and data container mount points:
```
docker inspect pmm-data | grep Destination && \
docker inspect pmm-server | grep Destination
```
Create the Docker network:
```
docker network create pmm_default
```

Run the image:

docker run --detach --restart always \
--publish 443:8443 \
--env PMM_WATCHTOWER_HOST=your_watchtower_host \
--env PMM_WATCHTOWER_TOKEN=your_watchtower_token \
--volumes-from pmm-data \
--network=pmm_default \
--name pmm-server \
percona/pmm-server:3

Change the password for the default admin user, replacing your_secure_password123 with a strong, unique password:
```
docker exec -t pmm-server change-admin-password your_secure_password123
```

Check the WatchTower prerequisites and pass the following command to Docker Socket to start Watchtower:

docker run -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -e WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_UPDATE=1 -e WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_TOKEN=your_watchtower_token --hostname=your_watchtower_host --network=pmm_default docker.io/perconalab/watchtower

Visit https://localhost:443 to see the PMM user interface in a web browser. If you are accessing the docker host remotely, replace localhost with the IP or server name of the host.

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