DBnomics Docker

Run a local DBnomics stack to test fetcher output. One command from your fetcher directory:

uvx dbnomics-docker up

Installation

This project requires Docker and Docker Compose to be installed on your machine.

Podman is also supported (cf section below).

It is recommended to install uv to run the commands with uvx.

Quick start

# In your fetcher directory, after producing converted-data/:
cd abc-fetcher
uv run convert.py source-data converted-data  # produces converted-data/
uvx dbnomics-docker up                        # starts stack + indexes your data

Services will be available at:

• Website: http://localhost:3000/{slug}
• API: http://localhost:5000/providers/{slug}
• Solr: http://localhost:8983

How it works

uvx dbnomics-docker up does the following:

1. Creates a ./dbnomics-docker/ project directory with the compose files and Solr configuration
2. Generates a compose.override.yml that mounts your fetcher's converted-data/ directory as /converted-data/{slug}-json-data inside the API container
3. Starts the Docker Compose stack (docker compose up -d --remove-orphans)
4. Waits for Solr to be ready
5. Indexes your provider's data into Solr

You can inspect the project directory at ./dbnomics-docker/ and use docker compose commands directly from it.

Commands

uvx dbnomics-docker create   # create the ./dbnomics-docker/ project (up does it automatically)
uvx dbnomics-docker up       # start stack + index converted-data/
uvx dbnomics-docker down     # stop the stack (keeps the project directory)
uvx dbnomics-docker delete   # stop + delete the project directory
uvx dbnomics-docker index    # re-index after data changes
uvx dbnomics-docker ps [-a]  # list containers
uvx dbnomics-docker logs [-f api]  # show logs

Using Podman

export COMPOSE_CMD=podman-compose
uvx dbnomics-docker up

Troubleshooting

• Ports already in use — if :3000, :5000 or :8983 are taken, stop the conflicting process or the previous stack with uvx dbnomics-docker down.
• Provider not found — the converted-data/ directory must exist with your fetcher's output before running up.