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title: Pulse Quick Start
description: The following guide will walk you through the necessary steps to install, configure, and run Pulse for Docker.
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# Pulse Quick Start

## The following guide will walk you through the necessary steps to install, configure, and run Pulse for Docker.

**[Quick Start Video](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/knowledge-base/pulse-quick-start#Video)**

**[Yaml File Configuration](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/knowledge-base/pulse-quick-start#Yaml)**

**[Docker Compose Command](https://docs.timebase.flow-software.com/knowledge-base/pulse-quick-start#Compose)**

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Remember: First action after Pulse had been successfully configured and launched is to change the default username and password.

Default Username: Administrator

Default Password: timebase 

### Quick Start Video

Please follow along the video provided to get Pulse up and running in a Docker environment. This video will assume you have Docker Install already and know how to use Docker compose to create containers:

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### Yaml File Configuration

The sample Yaml file used in the video can be seen below:

```
name: timebaseservices:  pulse:    image: timebase/pulse:latest    deploy:      resources:        limits:          cpus: "2"          memory: 2048m    hostname: pulse    container_name: pulse    ports:      - "4541:4541"      - "4542:4542"    restart: unless-stopped    volumes:      - timebase_pulse_config:/config      - timebase_pulse_data:/data      - timebase_pulse_logs:/logs      - timebase_pulse_settings:/settings      - timebase_pulse_certificate:/certificate    environment:      - Active=falsevolumes:  timebase_pulse_settings:  timebase_pulse_config:  timebase_pulse_data:  timebase_pulse_logs:  timebase_pulse_certificate:
```

### Docker Compose Command

Open your command prompt or terminal application and navigate to the folder location you saved your YAML file for Pulse.

Execute the Docker Compose command:

`docker compose -f "Docker Compose Pulse.yml" up --detach`

Pulse will be running and ready to be bound to your certificate as seen in the video.

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