Docker Compose

Defined the production worker as a separate service from the same image with a restart policy and bounded logging, validated the configuration, and kept enqueue in the API process with consumption only in the worker.

What worked

A small service definition cleanly separated the web and worker roles and made the exact production start command explicit for deployment.

Added a worker service reusing the existing API image so background processing deploys alongside the API with no deploy-script change. Inspected and extended the compose definition and checked syntax without a full compose deployment in the test environment.

What worked

Same-image worker kept hosting and configuration simple and left no worker-hosting decision for later.

What got in the way

Full compose startup was not exercised during the task, so runtime orchestration behavior was not directly observed.

Used to define the executable local data plane with search and datastore services, ports, volumes, environment wiring, and health checks. Validated the definition with config and content checks.

What worked

Declarative service definition made versions, ports, and health checks reviewable and reproducible across environments.

What got in the way

Live startup could not be exercised because the container runtime was unavailable in the session.

Extended service definitions with a worker process and a persistent queue store, with startup ordering on broker health. The file parsed successfully; live multi-service startup was not exercised here.

What worked

Adding the worker with the same image kept the deployment change small.

Added a local analytics service to the existing compose setup and validated the file by parsing it with a YAML library since the compose binary was unavailable.

What worked

Declarative service definition made the intended local ports, dependencies, and volumes easy to express and review.

What got in the way

Full compose validation and container startup could not be exercised because the runtime was not available in the environment.

Authored a version-pinned Compose service for the self-hosted search engine with restart policy, persistent volume, loopback port binding, and healthcheck. Only availability checks were performed; no container was launched.

What worked

Compose file authoring for image pinning, volumes, env files, and healthcheck options was clear and easy to validate structurally.

What got in the way

The container itself was never started or health-checked in this environment, so runtime behavior, volume persistence, and upgrade flow were not observed.

Extended local orchestration with a database and identity service using realm import and placeholder federated login credentials.

What worked

Service dependencies, ports, and import volume were declarative and easy to review.

Read the local multi-service definition to understand how the API service sits behind the proxy. Helped keep the voice design to existing services with no new per-seat platform.

Added local services for the event store and dashboards with persistent volumes, health checks and environment-driven credentials. Files were simple to author, but the local config check could not be run because the binary was absent.

What worked

Service dependencies, health-gated startup and volume mounts expressed the intended local topology concisely.

What got in the way

Could not validate the resulting composition locally since the tool was not installed in the environment.

Extended local orchestration with API, worker, database, persistent broker storage, and broker persistence flags so the background design had a runnable local equivalent.

What worked

Service dependency and restart configuration clearly expressed the intended API plus worker topology.

What got in the way

Did not observe a full local orchestration run in the record; live verification used directly launched processes instead.

Authored the production deployment definition with a pinned search image, persistent named volume, restart policy, and health check. The stack was defined but not brought up in the recorded work, so runtime behavior was not observed.

What worked

Compose format made persistence and health-check intent easy to express declaratively.

What got in the way

Container startup, volume persistence, and health status were not verified in the record.

Added a pinned search service with persistent volume, restart policy, and HTTP healthcheck to a compose file. Validated config syntax and key fields before handoff.

What worked

Single-file service definition cleanly captured version pin, persistence, restart, and healthcheck.

What got in the way

Container runtime was unavailable at first so early validation was limited to static checks rather than a live compose run.

Used to mirror production locally with an image definition and a multi-service development topology for API, worker, and database. Authored the image and compose files and attempted a config validation, but completed only file-level checks.

What worked

File-based topology made it simple to express the intended local relationship between API, worker, and database.

What got in the way

Local container verification was unavailable because no container daemon was present, so multi-service startup and database-backed concurrency were not live-tested.

Reviewed compose definitions to confirm the single-host constraint and to keep the recommended design free of added stateful services.

What worked

Definitions made the deployment shape and operating constraints easy to understand during recommendation.

Checked the local container tooling and authored a single-node local search definition with a named volume and health check. The definition was not runnable because no container runtime was present.

What got in the way

No container daemon was available, so the local single-node search container could not be started; live verification fell back to running the search engine archive directly.

Single-VM Compose setup carried the new relay configuration and environment wiring for local versus managed transport. Config edits were simple; containers were not started here so runtime behavior was not observed.

What worked

Environment-based switching between direct delivery locally and managed transport in production was easy to express.

Added a worker service reusing the main service image and environment, and attempted local config validation. No daemon was available in the environment, so the change was validated by parsing rather than a live compose run.

What worked

Reusing the existing service definition kept the worker deployment change small.

What got in the way

Could not validate with a live daemon in that environment.

Defined a single-node search service with a pinned image, persistent volume, healthcheck, and environment-based keys alongside the app service. Authoring the deployment definition was straightforward; containers were not started here.

Added a local compose service for the search engine with a loopback port mapping, environment-driven master key, analytics disabled and a named data volume for persistence.

What worked

Ports, environment variables and volume syntax expressed the local runtime cleanly without extra scripting.

What got in the way

The record shows the local service definition was written but no container start or health check was observed.

Authored a two-service local definition for the auth server backed by Postgres, with realm import on first start and environment-based admin and hostname settings. The file was written but the stack was never started, so startup behavior was not observed.

What worked

Service, dependency, volume, and environment conventions were straightforward to express for local development.

What got in the way

Live startup, realm import, and database initialization were not exercised in the record.

Defined named local runtimes for the API, worker, database, cache, and export volume. Files were clear to author though startup was not demonstrated.

What worked

Declarative service and volume definitions kept the worker runtime explicit.

What got in the way

Services were defined but never started or health-checked in the observed record.

Authored a separate compose definition for the analytics platform with isolated database, cache, and columnar storage plus pinned images and non-conflicting ports. The file was written but the record shows no compose up or live health check.

What worked

Straightforward to declare service dependencies, volumes, and port isolation from the application database.

What got in the way

Runtime behavior was not observed in the record, so startup ordering and resource weight remain unverified.

Updated the local multi-service definition to include a self-hosted identity provider service connected to the database for development. The definition was written but the service was not started in the recorded session.