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Seeking Updated Documentation for Self-Hosting Phoenix

·Jan 11, 2026 06:31 PM·

UPDATE: Fixed! Great help from the Arize team and community! Check out the thread (links at the very end) if you want to see how I got started with Phoenix self-hosting. It's awesome that you can get this up and running in just a few mins. I was excited to try out self-hosting Phoenix instead of alternative tools to Arize such as Braintrust or Humanloop, but I've had a pretty bad experience with the "get started" documentation. Can anyone point to some documentation that's up to date and "just works" for getting a first test running? I've looked at the website, Youtube, and GitHub but nowhere seems to have a simple sample that "just works" with self-hosting.

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For a reliable, up-to-date self-hosting guide, use the official Phoenix Self-Hosting documentation, which covers Docker, Kubernetes, and other deployment options. The Quickstart guide also provides step-by-step instructions for running Phoenix locally, including installation, starting the server, and accessing the UI.If you want a minimal test, the docs recommend: 1. pip install arize-phoenix 2. phoenix serve 3. Visit [http://localhost::6006](http:://localhost:6006) in your browser. This should launch the Phoenix dashboard for immediate use. For Docker, run docker run -p 6006:6006 -p 4317:4317 -i -t arizephoenix/phoenix:latest and access the same URL. If you need to persist data, see the configuration section.Would you like more detail on a specific deployment method or troubleshooting tips?Sources: - Phoenix Self-Hosting documentation - Phoenix Quickstart guide - configuration section
💡 Hint: Mention RunLLM in the thread for followups.
Anthony P.
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The self hosting document breaks it down based on the environment you'd like to run Phoenix in. I'd suggest Terminal or Docker based on your comfort level https://arize.com/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/terminal https://arize.com/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/docker
Hassan K.
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Yup, I went with the Docker option.
Hassan K.
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Getting that going was awesome and super easy. I can see it running locally and get served in my browser.
Hassan K.
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But it seems that the actual application code in those links is out of date.
Hassan K.
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At this point, I'm not sure which tutorial to try.
Hassan K.
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They all seem to have some combo of either (1) gateway errors and (2) maybe some outdated or incomplete SDK references.
Anthony P.
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Can you link an example for me to check out? Sorry you are facing this, we are always looking for ways to improve our documentation
Hassan K.
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Okay, I'll need a few minutes to get it going. I'll follow exactly the links that you sent. That's actually what I did originally (which didn't work) then I deleted that and started browsing for other tutorials.
Hassan K.
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So I need to do some things now to reset my environment.
Hassan K.
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But I'll share the links now too.
Anthony P.
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I can try to find you an appropriate tracing quickstart if you have an LLM / Programming Language preference. Phoenix at its core operates best when you have an application that can be instrumented and traced into Phoenix
Hassan K.
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I tried this: https://arize.com/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/docker And this: https://arize.com/docs/phoenix/cookbook/ai-engineering-workflows/iterative-evaluation-and-experimentation-workflow-python
Hassan K.
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Yeah, I'll try any tutorial or quickstart.
Hassan K.
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I'm not picky at all right now about what the functionality is. I just want to get a quickstart going and then build up from there.