Deploy Clovar with Docker Compose

Prerequisites

You'll need the following installed on your machine:

• Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine + Compose plugin on Linux)
• Git to clone the repository
• At least 8 GB RAM allocated to Docker (SQL Server requirement)
• An Anthropic or OpenAI API key (for agent reasoning and embeddings)

Clone the repository

Coming soon.

Create your environment file

Create a .env file in the platform/ directory:

# SQL Server passwords (choose strong passwords)
SQL_SA_PASSWORD=YourStrong!Passw0rd
DB_PASSWORD=YourStrong!Passw0rd

# Optional: set your instance URL
CLOVAR_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5001

The SA password must meet SQL Server complexity requirements: at least 8 characters with uppercase, lowercase, digits, and symbols.

Start the stack

docker compose up -d

This starts all five services:

First run takes 2-3 minutes while SQL Server initializes the schema and seed data. Watch progress with docker compose logs -f sqlserver

Access the platform

Once all health checks pass:

Configure your AI provider key

On first launch, the setup wizard guides you through:

• Creating your first business (tenant)
• Adding your Anthropic or OpenAI API key (BYOK — you pay the AI provider directly)
• Creating your first department
• Deploying your first agent

A master API key is auto-generated on first run and saved to state/bootstrap-master-key.txt inside the API container. Use this for initial device pairing.

What's included in Community edition

No license key required. Community edition gives you:

Need more? View pricing for Professional and Enterprise editions.