Superset

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Superset Host Port
Superset /config Path

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`
Daemonless	daemonless/superset
Source	apache/superset
Website	superset.apache.org

Version Tags

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

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

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

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI AppJail Ansible

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

# .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

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_PATH: /config
volumes:
  SUPERSET_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/superset'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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 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

- 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

Interactive Configuration

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.

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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