# Anybody running Bisq in docker container? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422 "2022-02-25T23:34:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/1 "2022-02-25T23:34:52Z")
First some praise: I’m quite new to Bisq, but I’m loving it so far. Kudos to the developers! Impressive work. I have a NAS with various services running in docker. Does anybody have experience with running Bisq that way? It would be perfect: always-on without any additional electricity consumption. The Android app seems a little weird, but it does send empty notifications every time something happens. So I could then log into the docker container and do whatever needs to be done - even from anywhere in the world, since I can VPN into my local network and access Bisq that way. I found this project: [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/fflo/bisq-on-docker) Has anybody tried it out? Is it stable? Or is there another one I haven’t found yet? Or are there any issues I have not fully thought through yet? Maybe related to Bisq being a hot wallet? ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/2 "2022-02-28T12:58:39Z")
Anyone? I can’t imagine nobody here has had that thought before me. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/3 "2022-02-28T17:35:29Z")
Going out on a limb here… your NAS is bound to not run on a x64 cpu, is it? In case the underlying system is not what Bisq needs, I personally doubt it will run even over docker ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/4 "2022-02-28T20:09:56Z")
Yes yes, it’s an x64 cpu, _relatively_ powerful even. And there seems be a maintained docker image (the link I sent before: [fflo/bisq-on-docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/fflo/bisq-on-docker)), already updated for Bisq 1.8.2. This seems promising to me. But since I’m new to Bisq, I don’t want to use an unstable platform - I might end up not knowing if the problem lies with Bisq itself or the docker image. So I was hoping somebody has experience with this. ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/5 "2022-03-02T16:48:17Z")
I haven’t looked into docker setups until now, probably because all my always-on units are not x64 and it would be useless anyway 🙂 Going by the activity of this thread also other users never explored this possibility yet, would there be a way to ask for feedback directly to the docker repo maintainer? ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/6 "2022-03-02T21:10:27Z")
I was also surprised by the (lack of) activity in this thread. Running Bisq on docker on a NAS or server was my very first immediate thought. Unless I’m missing something. I’ll try to find some more info. ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/7 "2022-03-02T22:11:47Z")
Docker here is trying to fill a need that Bisq1 will not, as most development is now being done for Bisq2. With that, you won’t need docker as it should support more platforms, and allow for a server-client architecture where a machine runs the backend, and another will have a web-like interface to interact with it. ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/8 "2022-03-02T22:15:02Z")
Ah alright! Just had a look at the Bisq2 repo. Looks super interesting. Could not find an ETA though. When might it be production ready? ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/9 "2022-03-03T20:13:16Z")
closest thing to an eta I stumbled upon, don’t even remember by whom, was “in a few months”, but obviously, like anything, ready when it’s ready 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/10 "2022-03-16T10:57:25Z")
Just an FYI, for anyone who’s interested. I tried out the above-mentioned bisq-on-docker. It works fine. However, since there’s virtually zero communication around the project (both developer and community) and I’m not proficient enough to fully understand the dockerfile, I decided to run it in a VM instead. It’s a shame. The project looks nice, works well, and seems to be regularly updated for new Bisq versions. But I’m not going to put my assets in a hotwallet into a system I don’t fully understand or that at least people I trust (like the Bisq developers) have looked into. I’m happy to look into it again if things change. ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/11 "2022-03-16T15:35:55Z")
This was indeed a smart choice. Probably a well-meaning user who dockerized Bisq for their own use, and then shared it, but still you should be able to verify… ---
**Author:** ![bisquat](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/bisquat/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bisquat](https://bisq.community/u/bisquat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/12 "2022-03-16T15:40:20Z")
Thanks. It’s a shame though. The docker version is close to zero effort (takes about as long as downloading it if you’ve put together a docker container before) and setting up a VM a lot more, plus less efficient, etc. ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/13 "2022-03-17T08:54:46Z")
True, true… usually safety and privacy do not come together with convenience though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Conza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/conza/32/2807_2.png) [@Conza](https://bisq.community/u/Conza)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/14 "2022-03-20T07:47:47Z")
I’ve been battling it out. Not there yet. Have jumped through many hoops and gone down many rabbit holes. Old pc into NAS, Truenas OS, running plex, then also a VM running Linux server MATE to then be able to have a docker, where I used portainer etc. to set up the Bisq docker. I can Remote Desktop in; server has a GUI, and get into the VM from my main PC - easy. But finding the docker / Bisq on there, no idea… and downloading Bisq directly, also not installing etc. .deb , dunno . But YES, all I want is Bisq on sever/ up 24/7 and so that I can easily access via main PC when I want. 🥲 ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/15 "2022-03-21T09:29:45Z")
Once you have a VM running on your 24/7 system, you can install Bisq on there after downloading from the bisq.network and then use something like VNC to use it, docker is not needed ---
**Author:** ![Conza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/conza/32/2807_2.png) [@Conza](https://bisq.community/u/Conza)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anybody-running-bisq-in-docker-container/11422/16 "2022-03-22T02:44:15Z")
Yeah I’ve managed to go that way instead. Truenas → VM → Linux ubuntu server → MATE GUI → using Remotedesktop from main PC to view in… but lord help me, I can download bisq for linux - got the 64bit deb of 1.8.4. but won’t install, or give me the app to run. Fairly noobish to linux ubuntu - but can do it straight forward on my other VM running from local pc (not server). So don’t think I’m that far off.