Implementation:FlowiseAI Flowise Docker Compose Queue Prebuilt

Knowledge Sources	FlowiseAI Flowise
Domains	Infrastructure, Deployment
Last Updated	2026-02-12 07:00 GMT

Overview

This Docker Compose configuration defines a multi-service queue-based deployment of Flowise using prebuilt images with Redis as the message broker.

Description

The file orchestrates three Docker services: a Redis instance for queue management, the main Flowise application server, and a dedicated Flowise Worker for processing queued tasks. It uses Docker Compose version 3.1 and connects all services through a shared bridge network called flowise-net. The configuration supports extensive environment variable passthrough for database, authentication, storage, metrics, and enterprise features.

Usage

Use this Docker Compose file when deploying Flowise in a production environment that requires queue-based task processing. It is ideal for horizontally scaling workloads by separating the main API server from background workers, with Redis facilitating communication between them.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: FlowiseAI Flowise
• File: docker/docker-compose-queue-prebuilt.yml
• Lines: 1-316

Signature

version: '3.1'

services:
    redis:
        image: redis:alpine
        container_name: flowise-redis
    flowise:
        image: flowiseai/flowise:latest
        container_name: flowise-main
    flowise-worker:
        image: flowiseai/flowise-worker:latest
        container_name: flowise-worker

Import

# Launch using Docker Compose from the docker/ directory:
docker compose -f docker-compose-queue-prebuilt.yml up -d

I/O Contract

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
PORT	string	No	Port for the main Flowise server (default: 3000)
WORKER_PORT	string	No	Port for the worker health check (default: 5566)
DATABASE_TYPE	string	No	Database engine type (e.g., postgres, mysql)
DATABASE_HOST	string	No	Database server hostname
DATABASE_NAME	string	No	Database name
DATABASE_USER	string	No	Database connection username
DATABASE_PASSWORD	string	No	Database connection password
MODE	string	No	Operation mode (default: queue)
QUEUE_NAME	string	No	Name of the BullMQ queue (default: flowise-queue)
REDIS_URL	string	No	Redis connection URL (default: redis://redis:6379)
JWT_AUTH_TOKEN_SECRET	string	No	Secret key for JWT auth tokens
FLOWISE_EE_LICENSE_KEY	string	No	Enterprise edition license key

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
flowise-main	container	Main Flowise API server accessible on configured PORT
flowise-worker	container	Background worker processing queue tasks
flowise-redis	container	Redis instance serving as the message queue broker
redis_data	volume	Persistent volume for Redis data
flowise-net	network	Bridge network connecting all services

Usage Examples

Basic Usage

# .env file alongside docker-compose-queue-prebuilt.yml
PORT=3000
DATABASE_TYPE=postgres
DATABASE_HOST=your-db-host
DATABASE_NAME=flowise
DATABASE_USER=flowise_user
DATABASE_PASSWORD=secret
REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
MODE=queue
QUEUE_NAME=flowise-queue
JWT_AUTH_TOKEN_SECRET=your-jwt-secret

# Then run:
# docker compose -f docker-compose-queue-prebuilt.yml up -d

Related Pages

• Principle:FlowiseAI_Flowise_Docker_Deployment