Setting up TeslaMate

Set up the compose file

TeslaMate needs its own Postgres database and pairs with a Grafana image that ships with its dashboards pre-loaded, no manual dashboard building needed.

services:
  teslamate:
    image: teslamate/teslamate:latest
    container_name: teslamate
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - ENCRYPTION_KEY=change-this-to-something-random
      - DATABASE_USER=teslamate
      - DATABASE_PASS=change-this-too
      - DATABASE_NAME=teslamate
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
      - MQTT_HOST=mosquitto
    ports:
      - "4000:4000"
    volumes:
      - ./import:/opt/app/import

  database:
    image: postgres:16
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=teslamate
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change-this-too
      - POSTGRES_DB=teslamate
    volumes:
      - ./teslamate-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  grafana:
    image: teslamate/grafana:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - DATABASE_USER=teslamate
      - DATABASE_PASS=change-this-too
      - DATABASE_NAME=teslamate
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
    ports:
      - "3001:3000"
    volumes:
      - ./teslamate-grafana:/var/lib/grafana

Start it and connect the car

Once running, reach TeslaMate at port 4000 and follow its own sign-in flow, which authenticates against the Tesla account directly to start pulling vehicle data.

docker compose up -d

Let it log a drive or two

Data starts appearing after the car's next drive or charge, TeslaMate polls the Tesla API on its own schedule rather than needing anything triggered manually.

View the dashboards

Grafana at port 3001 already has TeslaMate's dashboards imported and pointed at the right database, no data source setup required.