Create a new server running the latest stable Ubuntu release on Vultr, then connect to it via SSH.
Install Docker Engine with the Compose plugin using the official install script, which tracks upstream releases more closely than the Ubuntu-packaged version
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
Disable the Docker userland proxy so the large port range below doesn't spawn a process per port
echo '{"userland-proxy": false}' > /etc/docker/daemon.json && systemctl restart docker
Create directories for persistent data and logs
mkdir -p /opt/traccar/data /opt/traccar/logs
Download the official Docker Compose file that runs Traccar together with a MySQL database
curl -o /opt/traccar/compose.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traccar/traccar/master/docker/compose/traccar-mysql.yaml
Start Traccar
cd /opt/traccar && docker compose up -d
Traccar will be available on port 8082. See the Docker page for more configuration options, including a TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL) compose example.
Note that you can use above commands on any Ubuntu server, not just Vultr.
Traccar is now running over plain HTTP. As a next step, see the Secure Connection guide to serve it securely with a free automatic SSL certificate.
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