After manually spinning up INFINI Console (1.29.6) and Easysearch (1.13.0) containers in the previous walkthrough, the next logical step is to replace the long docker run incantations with a single, version-controlled YAML file. Docker Compose turns the whole setup into a reproducible, one-command operation while keeping every byte of state on the host.

Why Compose?

• All configuration lives in docker-compose.yml—no forgotten flags.
• docker compose up and docker compose down start or tear down the entire stack.
• Services share an isolated bridge network, so Console can reach Easysearch by hostname alone.
• The file can be checked into Git and shared across the team.

Prerequisites

• macOS (commands are identical on Linux; Windows WSL works too)
• Docker Engine ≥ 20.10 with Compose v2 (docker compose version)
• About 2 GB free RAM for the two containers

Directory layout

~/infini_lab/
├── docker-compose.yml
├── es/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── data/
│   └── logs/
└── ui/
    ├── config/
    ├── data/
    └── logs/

Create the folders:

mkdir -p ~/infini_lab/{es,ui}/{config,data,logs}

Seed the default configuration

Run disposable containers once to copy the pristine configs into the host folders.

# Easysearch
docker run --rm \
  -e EASYSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=ChangeMe123 \
  -v ~/infini_lab/es/config:/tmp/cfg \
  infinilabs/easysearch:1.13.0 \
  sh -c "cp -a /app/easysearch/config/. /tmp/cfg/ && chmod -R a+rw /tmp/cfg"

# Console
docker run --rm \
  -v ~/infini_lab/ui/config:/tmp/cfg \
  infinilabs/console:1.29.6 \
  sh -c "cp -a /config/. /tmp/cfg/ && chmod -R a+rw /tmp/cfg"

The compose file

Save as ~/infini_lab/docker-compose.yml:

version: "3.9"
services:
  search:
    image: infinilabs/easysearch:1.13.0
    container_name: infini-search
    environment:
      cluster.name: infini_demo
      node.name: single-node
      cluster.initial_master_nodes: single-node
      ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
      EASYSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ChangeMe123
    ports:
      - "9200:9200"
      - "9300:9300"
    volumes:
      - ./es/config:/app/easysearch/config
      - ./es/data:/app/easysearch/data
      - ./es/logs:/app/easysearch/logs
    ulimits:
      memlock: -1
      nofile: 65536
    networks: [infini_net]

  console:
    image: infinilabs/console:1.29.6
    container_name: infini-console
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - ./ui/config:/config
      - ./ui/data:/data
      - ./ui/logs:/log
    networks: [infini_net]
    depends_on: [search]

networks:
  infini_net:
    driver: bridge

Start the stack

cd ~/infini_lab
docker compose up -d

First run pulls images; subsequent starts are instant.

Verify

1. Open http://localhost:9000 in your browser.
2. In Console, add a cluster with endpoint https://search:9200 (Compose DNS resolves the service name automatically).
3. Create indices, ingest some docs, and watch the dashboards populate.

Lfiecycle commands

# Stop containers but keep volumes
docker compose stop

# Stop and remove containers, networks
docker compose down

# View logs
docker compose logs -f search
docker compose logs -f console

# Full reset (⚠️ deletes host folders too)
docker compose down -v
rm -rf ~/infini_lab/es ~/infini_lab/ui

Because the bind mounts point directly to ~/infini_lab, your data survives container recreation, and the entire environment can be reproduced on any machine with a single git clone followed by docker compose up.