Installation

Tracecat supports three deployment options:

• Docker Compose
• AWS Fargate via Terraform
• Kubernetes via Helm (coming soon)

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Docker Compose

Deploy a local Tracecat stack using Docker Compose. View step-by-step instructions here.

# Download Tracecat
git clone https://github.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat.git

# Generate .env file
./env.sh

# Run Tracecat
docker compose up -d

Read the generated .env file to better understand Tracecat’s configurations. View the .env.example file here.

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AWS Fargate

For advanced users: deploy a production-ready Tracecat stack on AWS Fargate using Terraform. View step-by-step instructions here.

# Download Terraform files
git clone https://github.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat.git
cd tracecat/deployments/aws

# Create and add encryption keys to AWS Secrets Manager
./scripts/create-aws-secrets.sh

# Run Terraform to deploy Tracecat
terraform init
terraform apply

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Kubernetes

Coming soon.

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Next steps

Learn how to log into Tracecat and create your first workflow.