This guide shows you the steps to deploy a self-hosted instance of Plane using Docker.

Install Plane

Plane One and Plane Pro are enabled on this edition, so the Free plan on this edition is easier to trial our paid plans from.

Prerequisites

  • A virtual or on-prem machine with atleast 2 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM
  • x64 AKA AMD 64 or AArch 64 AKA ARM 64 CPUs
  • Supported operating systems:
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • CentOS
    • Amazon Linux 2 or Linux 2023

Procedure

If you want to upgrade from Community to the Commercial edition, see Upgrade from Community.

  1. ssh into your machine as the root user (or user with sudo access) per the norms of your hosting provider.
  2. Run the command below:
    curl -fsSL https://prime.plane.so/install/ | sh -
    
  3. Follow the instructions on the terminal. Hit Enter or Return to continue.
  4. Enter the domain name where you will access the Plane app in the format domain.tld or subdomain.domain.tld. If you are using a paid plan, the domain linked to the license can’t be changed later.
  5. Choose one of the options below:
    • Express: Plane installs with the default configurations.
    • Advanced: You can customize the database, Redis, storage and other settings.
  6. The installation will take a few minutes to complete and you will see the message Plane has successfully installed. You can access the Plane application on the domain you provided during the installation.

If you want to upgrade to a paid plan, see Plan upgrades.