This guide covers many concepts and terms that will be encountered during Bika deployment and operation. You can refer to it for the quick deployment of a Bika instance.

Read Architecture and Server Configuration to learn more about the containers, services, and dependencies of self-hosted deployment instances.

Online Installation

1. Create a data directory (using a separate hard drive is recommended)

mkdir -p /data && cd /data

2. One-click installation

curl -sL https://book.bika.ai/install-bika.sh | bash

3. Activate Bika

The default port is 80. Access http://<IP_ADDRESS> via a browser.Open the homepage, enter the license, and start using Bika.

Offline Installation

1. Create a data directory (using a separate hard drive is recommended)

mkdir -p /data

2. Upload the installation package to the server and decompress it

Click to obtain installation packages for other versions.

# docker 版安装包格式 bika-docker-版本号-amd64.tar.gz
wget 'https://download-selfhosted.bika.ai/1.0.0/bika-docker-1.0.0-35-amd64.tar.gz' -O bika.tar.gz
tar -xvzf bika.tar.gz -C /data

3. Execute the one-click installation script

cd /data/bika
bash install.sh

4. Activate Bika

The default port is 80. Access http://<IP_ADDRESS> via a browser.Open the homepage, enter the license, and start using Bika.