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RAGFlow

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Quick start: https://ragflow.io/docs.

This service deploys RAGFlow, an open-source Retrieval-Augmented Generation engine based on deep document understanding. It provides intelligent question answering over complex documents (PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) with accurate citation and citation tracing.

Platform note: This stack is x86-64 (amd64) only. ARM64 is not supported by the official image.

Resource note: Elasticsearch alone requires ~2 GB RAM. Provision at least 8 GB RAM total before starting.

Services

  • ragflow: The RAGFlow web application and API server (Nginx on port 80, API on port 9380).
  • es01: Elasticsearch single-node cluster for vector and full-text search.
  • mysql: MySQL 8 database for metadata and workflow state.
  • redis: Redis for task queues and caching.
  • minio: S3-compatible object storage for document and chunk storage.

Quick Start

  1. Copy .env.example to .env:

    cp .env.example .env
    
  2. Update the secrets in .env:

    SECRET_KEY, MYSQL_PASSWORD, REDIS_PASSWORD, MINIO_PASSWORD
    
  3. Start the services (initial startup may take 25 minutes):

    docker compose up -d
    
  4. Open http://localhost and register the first admin account.

Core Environment Variables

Variable Description Default
RAGFLOW_VERSION RAGFlow image version v0.24.0
RAGFLOW_PORT_OVERRIDE Host port for the web UI 80
SECRET_KEY Application secret key — CHANGEME placeholder
MYSQL_PASSWORD MySQL root password (also used by RAGFlow) ragflow
REDIS_PASSWORD Redis authentication password redispassword
MINIO_USER MinIO root user minioadmin
MINIO_PASSWORD MinIO root password minioadmin
MINIO_CONSOLE_PORT_OVERRIDE MinIO web console host port 9001

Volumes

  • ragflow_logs: RAGFlow application logs.
  • ragflow_es_data: Elasticsearch index data.
  • ragflow_mysql_data: MySQL database files.
  • ragflow_redis_data: Redis persistence.
  • ragflow_minio_data: Object storage for documents and embeddings.

Ports

  • 80: RAGFlow web UI and API (via Nginx)
  • 9001: MinIO web console

Resource Requirements

Service CPU Limit Memory Limit
ragflow 4 4 GB
elasticsearch 2 2 GB
mysql 1 1 GB
redis 0.5 512 MB
minio 1 1 GB

Total recommended: 8+ GB RAM, 4+ CPU cores.

Documentation