Some useful commands

To view logs of the running containers

usage:

docker-compose logs {container_name}

example:

docker-compose logs webserver

To attach to the started container (bash)

usage:

docker-compose exec {container_name} bash

example:

docker-compose exec webserver bash

Attach to a container when it does not start

If a container does not start because of the startup errors, use the following command:

docker-compose run --entrypoint bash webserver

To stop all your containers

docker-compose down

To delete all images and containers

docker system prune -a

To delete PostgreSQL volumes

find volume name

docker volume ls | grep postgre

delete

docker volume rm airflow-cwl-docker_postgres-db-volume

Upgrade Airflow Database

If you have a problem with login and logs in containers complaining that “relation does not exist” execute this:

docker exec -it scheduler entrypoint.sh airflow db upgrade
docker exec -it webserver entrypoint.sh airflow db upgrade

Create Airflow user

If you have a problem with login and logs in containers complaining that “No user yet created” execute this:

docker exec -it scheduler entrypoint.sh airflow users create --username $_AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_USERNAME --password $_AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_PASSWORD -r Admin -e 1@example.com -f Airflow -l Airflow