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Deploy NebulaGraph with Docker Compose

Using Docker Compose can quickly deploy NebulaGraph services based on the prepared configuration file. It is only recommended to use this method when testing functions of NebulaGraph.

Prerequisites

  • If you are deploying NebulaGraph as a non-root user, grant the user with Docker-related privileges. For detailed instructions, see Manage Docker as a non-root user.
  • You have started the Docker service on your host.
  • If you have already deployed another version of NebulaGraph with Docker Compose on your host, to avoid compatibility issues, you need to delete the nebula-docker-compose/data directory.

How to deploy and connect to NebulaGraph

  1. Clone the 3.2.0 branch of the nebula-docker-compose repository to your host with Git.

    Danger

    The master branch contains the untested code for the latest NebulaGraph development release. DO NOT use this release in a production environment.

    $ git clone -b release-3.2 https://github.com/vesoft-inc/nebula-docker-compose.git

    Note

    The x.y version of Docker Compose aligns to the x.y version of NebulaGraph. For the NebulaGraph z version, Docker Compose does not publish the corresponding z version, but pulls the z version of the NebulaGraph image.

  2. Go to the nebula-docker-compose directory.

    $ cd nebula-docker-compose/

  3. Run the following command to start all the NebulaGraph services.

    Starting with 3.0.2, NebulaGraph comes with ARM64 Linux Docker images. You can run containerized NebulaGraph databases on Docker Desktop for ARM macOS or on ARM Linux servers.

    Note

    Update the NebulaGraph images and NebulaGraph Console images first if they are out of date.

    [nebula-docker-compose]$ docker-compose up -d
Creating nebula-docker-compose_metad0_1 ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_metad2_1 ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_metad1_1 ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_graphd2_1   ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_graphd_1    ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_graphd1_1   ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_storaged0_1 ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_storaged2_1 ... done
Creating nebula-docker-compose_storaged1_1 ... done

    Note

    For more information of the preceding services, see NebulaGraph architecture.

  4. Connect to NebulaGraph.

    Note

    Starting from NebulaGraph version 3.1.0, nebula-docker-compose automatically starts a NebulaGraph Console docker container and adds the storage host to the cluster (i.e. ADD HOSTS command).

    1. Run the following command to view the name of NebulaGraph Console docker container.

      $ docker-compose ps
          Name                         Command             State                 Ports
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nebuladockercompose_console_1     sh -c sleep 3 &&          Up
                                  nebula-co ...
......

    2. Run the following command to enter the NebulaGraph Console docker container.

      bash docker exec -it nebuladockercompose_console_1 /bin/sh / #

    3. Connect to NebulaGraph with NebulaGraph Console.

      / # ./usr/local/bin/nebula-console -u <user_name> -p <password> --address=graphd --port=9669

      Note

      By default, the authentication is off, you can only log in with an existing username (the default is root) and any password. To turn it on, see Enable authentication.

    4. Run the following commands to view the cluster state.

      nebula> SHOW HOSTS;
+-------------+------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------+
| Host        | Port | HTTP port | Status   | Leader count | Leader distribution  | Partition distribution | Version |
+-------------+------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------+
| "storaged0" | 9779 | 19669     | "ONLINE" | 0            | "No valid partition" | "No valid partition"   | "3.1.0" |
| "storaged1" | 9779 | 19669     | "ONLINE" | 0            | "No valid partition" | "No valid partition"   | "3.1.0" |
| "storaged2" | 9779 | 19669     | "ONLINE" | 0            | "No valid partition" | "No valid partition"   | "3.1.0" |
+-------------+------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------------+------------------------+---------+

  5. Run exit twice to switch back to your terminal (shell).

Check the NebulaGraph service status and ports

Run docker-compose ps to list all the services of NebulaGraph and their status and ports.

$ docker-compose ps
nebuladockercompose_console_1     sh -c sleep 3 &&                 Up
                                  nebula-co ...
nebuladockercompose_graphd1_1     /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49174->19669/tcp,:::49174->19669/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49171->19670/tcp,:::49171->19670/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49177->9669/tcp,:::49177->9669/tcp
nebuladockercompose_graphd2_1     /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49175->19669/tcp,:::49175->19669/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49172->19670/tcp,:::49172->19670/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49178->9669/tcp,:::49178->9669/tcp
nebuladockercompose_graphd_1      /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49180->19669/tcp,:::49180->19669/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49179->19670/tcp,:::49179->19670/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9669->9669/tcp,:::9669->9669/tcp
nebuladockercompose_metad0_1      /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49157->19559/tcp,:::49157->19559/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49154->19560/tcp,:::49154->19560/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49160->9559/tcp,:::49160->9559/tcp, 9560/tcp
nebuladockercompose_metad1_1      /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49156->19559/tcp,:::49156->19559/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49153->19560/tcp,:::49153->19560/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49159->9559/tcp,:::49159->9559/tcp, 9560/tcp
nebuladockercompose_metad2_1      /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49158->19559/tcp,:::49158->19559/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49155->19560/tcp,:::49155->19560/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49161->9559/tcp,:::49161->9559/tcp, 9560/tcp
nebuladockercompose_storaged0_1   /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49166->19779/tcp,:::49166->19779/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49163->19780/tcp,:::49163->19780/tcp, 9777/tcp, 9778/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49169->9779/tcp,:::49169->9779/tcp, 9780/tcp
nebuladockercompose_storaged1_1   /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49165->19779/tcp,:::49165->19779/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49162->19780/tcp,:::49162->19780/tcp, 9777/tcp, 9778/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49168->9779/tcp,:::49168->9779/tcp, 9780/tcp
nebuladockercompose_storaged2_1   /usr/local/nebula/bin/nebu ...   Up      0.0.0.0:49167->19779/tcp,:::49167->19779/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49164->19780/tcp,:::49164->19780/tcp, 9777/tcp, 9778/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49170->9779/tcp,:::49170->9779/tcp, 9780/tcp

NebulaGraph provides services to the clients through port 9669 by default. To use other ports, modify the docker-compose.yaml file in the nebula-docker-compose directory and restart the NebulaGraph services.

Check the service data and logs

All the data and logs of NebulaGraph are stored persistently in the nebula-docker-compose/data and nebula-docker-compose/logs directories.

The structure of the directories is as follows:

nebula-docker-compose/
  |-- docker-compose.yaml
  ├── data
  │   ├── meta0
  │   ├── meta1
  │   ├── meta2
  │   ├── storage0
  │   ├── storage1
  │   └── storage2
  └── logs
      ├── graph
      ├── graph1
      ├── graph2
      ├── meta0
      ├── meta1
      ├── meta2
      ├── storage0
      ├── storage1
      └── storage2

Stop the NebulaGraph services

You can run the following command to stop the NebulaGraph services:

$ docker-compose down

The following information indicates you have successfully stopped the NebulaGraph services:

Stopping nebuladockercompose_console_1   ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_graphd1_1   ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_graphd_1    ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_graphd2_1   ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_storaged1_1 ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_storaged0_1 ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_storaged2_1 ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_metad2_1    ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_metad0_1    ... done
Stopping nebuladockercompose_metad1_1    ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_console_1   ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_graphd1_1   ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_graphd_1    ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_graphd2_1   ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_storaged1_1 ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_storaged0_1 ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_storaged2_1 ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_metad2_1    ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_metad0_1    ... done
Removing nebuladockercompose_metad1_1    ... done
Removing network nebuladockercompose_nebula-net

Danger

The parameter -v in the command docker-compose down -v will delete all your local NebulaGraph storage data. Try this command if you are using the nightly release and having some compatibility issues.

Modify configurations

The configuration file of NebulaGraph deployed by Docker Compose is nebula-docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml. To make the new configuration take effect, modify the configuration in this file and restart the service.

For more instructions, see Configurations.

FAQ

How to fix the docker mapping to external ports?

To set the ports of corresponding services as fixed mapping, modify the docker-compose.yaml in the nebula-docker-compose directory. For example:

graphd:
    image: vesoft/nebula-graphd:release-3.2
    ...
    ports:
      - 9669:9669
      - 19669
      - 19670

9669:9669 indicates the internal port 9669 is uniformly mapped to external ports, while 19669 indicates the internal port 19669 is randomly mapped to external ports.

How to upgrade or update the docker images of NebulaGraph services

  1. In the nebula-docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml file, change all the image values to the required image version.

  2. In the nebula-docker-compose directory, run docker-compose pull to update the images of the Graph Service, Storage Service, Meta Service, and NebulaGraph Console.

  3. Run docker-compose up -d to start the NebulaGraph services again.

  4. After connecting to NebulaGraph with NebulaGraph Console, run SHOW HOSTS GRAPH, SHOW HOSTS STORAGE, or SHOW HOSTS META to check the version of the responding service respectively.

ERROR: toomanyrequests when docker-compose pull

You may meet the following error.

ERROR: toomanyrequests: You have reached your pull rate limit. You may increase the limit by authenticating and upgrading: https://www.docker.com/increase-rate-limit.

You have met the rate limit of Docker Hub. Learn more on Understanding Docker Hub Rate Limiting.

How to update the NebulaGraph Console client

The command docker-compose pull updates both the NebulaGraph services and the NebulaGraph Console.

Last update: February 1, 2023