Installation and operation overview
The birth, care, and feeding of your Metabase.
Installing Metabase
Start here.
Running the Jar File
The simplest and most basic way of running Metabase.
Running on Docker
If you prefer to use a Docker container, we’ve got you covered.
Metabase Cloud
Our official hosted version, Metabase Cloud. All you need to do is sign up for a free trial, and you’re off to the races.
Other installation options
Building Metabase from source
To run a development branch of Metabase, check out our developer’s guide.
Backing up Metabase application data
How to back up your Metabase data: questions, dashboards, and other application data.
Upgrading Metabase
How to safely upgrade your Metabase.
Migrating from H2
If you started using Metabase with the default, H2 application database, here’s how to migrate your data to a production-ready database.
Creating an RDS database on AWS
How to use an RDS instance as your application database.
Monitoring your metabase
Monitor your Metabase with JMX.
Observability with Prometheus
Export Metabase metrics for viewing with Prometheus.
Java versions
Some notes on Java versions.
Supported browsers
Rest in peace, Internet Explorer.
If you’d like more technical resources to set up your data stack with Metabase, connect with a Metabase Expert.