Jesse stack installer scripts for Ubuntu

Bash scripts that install everything needed to run Jesse on a fresh Ubuntu server:

• Miniconda, with a jesse conda environment (Python 3.12)
• PostgreSQL 17 with TimescaleDB, and the jesse_db database owned by jesse_user
• Jesse (latest release from PyPI)
• A Jesse project in ~/my-bot, created from project-template and set up for this machine (POSTGRES_HOST=localhost, TIMESCALEDB_ENABLED=TRUE)
• Screen, Zsh and Oh My Zsh

Redis is no longer needed: Jesse 3 ships its own coordination service.

Installation

Use the script for your Ubuntu release on a fresh installation, as root or with sudo. Miniconda and the project are installed for the user who runs sudo (or for root).

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesse-ai/stack-installer/master/ubuntu-26.04.sh -o install-jesse.sh
sudo bash install-jesse.sh

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesse-ai/stack-installer/master/ubuntu-24.04.sh -o install-jesse.sh
sudo bash install-jesse.sh

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesse-ai/stack-installer/master/ubuntu-22.04.sh -o install-jesse.sh
sudo bash install-jesse.sh

The server needs at least 2 GB of RAM. A log of the installation is written to /var/log/jesse/jesse_install.log.

When it finishes, log out and back in (the jesse environment is then activated automatically) and start Jesse:

cd ~/my-bot
jesse run

Change PASSWORD in ~/my-bot/.env before exposing the dashboard to the internet.

Options

Set these environment variables before running the script to change the defaults:

Variable	Default	Description
PYTHON_VERSION	3.12	Python version of the jesse conda environment. 3.13 also works, but Jesse's pinned numpy is then compiled from source, which adds about 10-15 minutes
PG_VERSION	17	PostgreSQL major version
PROJECT_NAME	my-bot	Name of the project directory created in your home directory
INSTALL_OH_MY_ZSH	yes	Set to no to skip Zsh and Oh My Zsh

For example: sudo PROJECT_NAME=trader bash install-jesse.sh

Screen usage

screen is a must-have for using Jesse's live trade on a remote server. It keeps the terminal session alive so you don't have to keep your terminal app (and computer) open all the time.

# create and attach to a new screen window
screen -S name_of_the_window

# list all open screens
screen -ls

# reattach to a previously opened window
screen -r name_of_the_window

You can read more about screen in this blog post.