This document provides a quick guide on setting up Weaviate and Qdrant with Docker Compose. Follow the steps below to ensure a smooth setup.

1. Create Data Folder: Before running docker-compose up, create folders named weaviate_data and qdrant_data in the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file.

mkdir weaviate_data
mkdir qdrant_data

2. Rename Environment File: Rename the file .env.example to .env.

mv .env.example .env

3. Update API Key: Open the .env file and replace the placeholder text with your actual OPENAI_APIKEY.

OPENAI_APIKEY=your_api_key_here

Now you are ready to deploy Weaviate and Qdrant using Docker Compose. The profiles option in the docker-compose.yml file is crucial for controlling which services are started when you run Docker Compose. Each service in the docker-compose.yml file has a profiles property which contains the profiles under which the service should be run.

1. Running Weaviate: To start the Weaviate service, use the following command:

docker compose --profile weaviate up

2. Running Qdrant: To start the Qdrant service, use the following command:

docker compose --profile qdrant up

3. Running Both Services: If you want to run both Weaviate and Qdrant services at the same time, you can specify both profiles in the command:

docker compose --profile weaviate --profile qdrant up

This way, you can control which services are started and run them either individually or together based on the profiles specified in the docker-compose.yml file.