1. Setting up Docker and Astronomer

Prerequisites

You must have already installed Linux on Windows with WSL. You can follow the steps in this Microsoft documentation.

Setting up Docker

Setting up Docker is really simple. You just need to follow the steps in this Docker documentation.

Setting up Astronomer CLI

Setting up the Astronomer CLI is quite simple as well. You just need to follow the steps in the Astronomer documentation.

It was confusing for me when I downloaded the zip file needed. What you need to do is to drag the astro.exe file into the file directory where you want to set up your project. This is right before you embark on Step 3 in the Astronomer documentation.

Running ‘astro dev ps’

Running ‘astro dev ps’

The above picture shows that the astro servers are running after you have successfully completed Step 4 in the Astronomer documentation. For this to work, remember to launch Docker Desktop.

This is what you Docker should look like

This is what you Docker should look like