deploy/autostart_hummingbot_compose/README.md

Auto-Start Hummingbot Instance

This installs a single Hummingbot instance as a Docker container and automatically starts running a pre-configured script or strategy.

Prerequisites

This configuration requires Docker Compose, a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. The recommended way to get Docker Compose is to install Docker Desktop, which includes Docker Compose along with Docker Engine and Docker CLI which are Compose prerequisites.

See Docker for more information about how to install and use Docker Compose, as well as helpful commands.

Apple M1/M2 and other ARM machines

If you have a recent Mac that uses Apple Silicon (M1/M2) chipset or another ARM-based machine, you need to change the image tag to ensure that you pull a container that is optimized for your chip architecture.

Use an IDE like VSCode to edit the docker-compose.yml file. Change the the image tag from latest to latest-arm to pull the image built for ARM-based machines. You can also comment out the line that contains latest and uncomment the line that contains latest-arm:

# image: hummingbot/hummingbot:latest
image: hummingbot/hummingbot:latest-arm

Afterwards, save the file and proceed to the next step.

If you are using a Mac with an Intel (x86) chipset, Windows or any other Intel-based machine, you don't need to make any changes before deploying a container.

Getting Started

Auto-starting a script/strategy lets you start a bot from the command line, skipping the Hummingbot UI.

To enable this, you will do need a few things first:

• Install and configure the Hummingbot instance
• Set the password used to encrypt your keys (CONFIG_PASSWORD)
• Define your script or strategy config file that you want to auto-start (CONFIG_FILE_NAME)

First, let's check that you have installed Docker Compose successfully. In Terminal/Bash, Run the following command:

docker compose

You should see a response that start with:

Usage:  docker compose [OPTIONS] COMMAND

1. Launch network

Clone this repo to your machine:

git clone https://github.com/hummingbot/deploy-examples.git

Alternatively, copy the docker-compose.yml file to a directory on your machine where you want to store your Hummingbot files. This is the "root folder" where your encrypted keys, scripts, trades, configs, logs, and other files related to your bots will be saved.

From the root folder, run the following command to pull the image and start the instance:

docker compose up -d

After the images have been downloaded, you should see the following output:

[+] Running 1/1
 ⠿ Container hummingbot       Started 

3. Set permissions

Run this command from your root folder to grant read/write permission to the hummingbot_files sub-folder:

sudo chmod -R a+rw ./hummingbot_files

4. Launch Hummingbot and set password

Now, attach to the hummingbot instance:

docker attach hummingbot

You should see the Hummingbot welcome screen:

Set your Hummingbot password and write it down. This is the CONFIG_PASSWORD environment variable in your docker-compose.yml file.

Afterwards, run exit to exit Hummingbot.

4. Define script/strategy file

You can auto-start either a Script or a Strategy:

• Scripts are Python files that contain all strategy logic. If you define a .py file as CONFIG_FILE_NAME, Hummingbot assumes it's a script file and looks for the .py file in the hummingbot_files/scripts directory. See simple_pmm_example.py for an example.
• Strategies are configurable strategy templates. If you define a .yml file as CONFIG_FILE_NAME, Hummingbot assumes it's a strategy config file and looks for the .yml file in the hummingbot_files/conf/strategies directory. See conf_pure_mm_1.yml for an example.

5. Modify YAML file

Now, use an IDE like VSCode to edit the docker-compose.yml file.

Edit the section that defines the CONFIG_PASSWORD and CONFIG_FILE_NAME environment variables:

    # environment:
      # - CONFIG_PASSWORD=[password]
      # - CONFIG_FILE_NAME=simple_pmm_example.py
      # - CONFIG_FILE_NAME=conf_pure_mm_1.yml

Uncomment out:

• The environment: line
• The CONFIG_PASSWORD line: add the password you set earlier,
• One of CONFIG_FILE_NAME lines: add your script OR strategy config file

The final environment section of the YAML file should look like this:

    environment:
      - CONFIG_PASSWORD=[password]
      - CONFIG_FILE_NAME=simple_pmm_example.py

Afterwards, save the file.

6. Relaunch Hummingbot

Restart the container using your new YAML file:

docker stop hummingbot
docker start hummingbot

When you attach to it, the strategy or script should already be running:

docker attach hummingbot