Running Pinot in Docker

This guide will show you to run a Pinot cluster using Docker.

Get started setting up a Pinot cluster with Docker using the guide below.

Prerequisites:

• Install Docker

• Configure Docker memory with the following minimum resources:

  • CPUs: 8

  • Memory: 16.00 GB

  • Swap: 4 GB

  • Disk Image size: 60 GB

The latest Pinot Docker image is published at apachepinot/pinot:latest. View a list of all published tags on Docker Hub.

Pull the latest Docker image onto your machine by running the following command:

docker pull apachepinot/pinot:latest

To pull a specific version, modify the command like below:

docker pull apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0

Set up a cluster

Once you've downloaded the Pinot Docker image, it's time to set up a cluster. There are two ways to do this.

Quick start

Pinot comes with quick start commands that launch instances of Pinot components in the same process and import pre-built datasets.

For example, the following quick start command launches Pinot with a baseball dataset pre-loaded:

docker run \
    -p 2123:2123 \
    -p 9000:9000 \
    -p 8000:8000 \
    -p 7050:7050 \
    -p 6000:6000 \
    apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0 QuickStart \
    -type batch

For a list of all available quick start commands, see Quick Start Examples.

Below are the usages of different ports:

2123: Zookeeper Port

9000: Pinot Controller Port

8000: Pinot Broker Port

7050: Pinot Server Port

6000: Pinot Minion Port

Manual cluster

The quick start scripts launch Pinot with minimal resources. If you want to play with bigger datasets (more than a few MB), you can launch each of the Pinot components individually.

Note that these are sample configurations to be used as references. You will likely want to customize them to meet your needs for production use.

Docker

Create a Network

Create an isolated bridge network in docker

docker network create -d bridge pinot-demo

Export Docker Image tags

Export the necessary docker image tags for Pinot, Zookeeper, and Kafka.

export PINOT_IMAGE=apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0
export ZK_IMAGE=zookeeper:3.9.2
export KAFKA_IMAGE= bitnami/kafka:3.6

Start Zookeeper

Start Zookeeper in daemon mode. This is a single node zookeeper setup. Zookeeper is the central metadata store for Pinot and should be set up with replication for production use. For more information, see Running Replicated Zookeeper.

docker run \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-zookeeper \
    --restart always \
    -p 2181:2181 \
    -d ${ZK_IMAGE}

Start Pinot Controller

Start Pinot Controller in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 4GB memory container. Tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-controller \
    -p 9000:9000 \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms1G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-controller.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartController \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

Start Pinot Broker

Start Pinot Broker in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 4GB memory container. Tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-broker \
    -p 8099:8099 \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-broker.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartBroker \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

Start Pinot Server

Start Pinot Server in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 16GB memory container. Tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-server \
    -p 8098:8098 \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx16G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-server.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartServer \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

Start Kafka

Optionally, you can also start Kafka for setting up real-time streams. This brings up the Kafka broker on port 9092.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network pinot-demo --name=kafka \
    -e KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=pinot-zookeeper:2181/kafka \
    -e KAFKA_BROKER_ID=0 \
    -e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=kafka \
    -p 9092:9092 \
    -d ${KAFKA_IMAGE}

Now all Pinot related components are started as an empty cluster.

Run the below command to check container status:

docker container ls -a

Sample Console Output

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                     COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                                                       NAMES
accc70bc7f07   bitnami/kafka:3.6         "/opt/bitnami/script…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:9092->9092/tcp                                      kafka
1b8b80395959   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8097/tcp, 8099/tcp, 9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8098->8098/tcp   pinot-server
134a67eec957   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8098/tcp, 9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8099->8099/tcp             pinot-broker
4fcc72cb7302   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8099/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp                       pinot-controller
144304524f6c   zookeeper:3.9.2           "/docker-entrypoint.…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   2888/tcp, 3888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2181->2181/tcp, 8080/tcp        pinot-zookeeper

Docker Compose

Export Docker Image tags

Optionally, export the necessary docker image tags for Pinot, Zookeeper, and Kafka.

export PINOT_IMAGE=apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0
export ZK_IMAGE=zookeeper:3.9.2
export KAFKA_IMAGE=bitnami/kafka:3.6

Create docker-compose.yml file

Create a file called docker-compose.yml that contains the following:

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.7'

services:
  pinot-zookeeper:
    image: ${ZK_IMAGE:-zookeeper:3.9.2}
    container_name: "pinot-zookeeper"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "2181:2181"
    environment:
      ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: 2181
      ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: 2000
    networks:
      - pinot-demo
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "zkServer.sh", "status"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 10s

  pinot-kafka:
    image: ${KAFKA_IMAGE:-bitnami/kafka:3.6}
    container_name: "kafka"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9092:9092"
    environment:
      KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: pinot-zookeeper:2181/kafka
      KAFKA_BROKER_ID: 0
      KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: kafka
    depends_on:
      pinot-zookeeper:
        condition: service_healthy
    networks:
      - pinot-demo
    healthcheck:
      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "kafka-broker-api-versions.sh -bootstrap-server kafka:9092" ]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 10s
    deploy:
      replicas: ${KAFKA_REPLICAS:-0}  # Default to 0, meaning Kafka won't start unless KAFKA_REPLICAS is set

  pinot-controller:
    image: ${PINOT_IMAGE:-apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0}
    command: "StartController -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181"
    container_name: "pinot-controller"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms1G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-controller.log"
    depends_on:
      pinot-zookeeper:
        condition: service_healthy
    networks:
      - pinot-demo
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:9000/health || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 10s

  pinot-broker:
    image: ${PINOT_IMAGE:-apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0}
    command: "StartBroker -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181"
    container_name: "pinot-broker"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8099:8099"
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-broker.log"
    depends_on:
      pinot-controller:
        condition: service_healthy
    networks:
      - pinot-demo
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8099/health || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 10s

  pinot-server:
    image: ${PINOT_IMAGE:-apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0}
    command: "StartServer -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181"
    container_name: "pinot-server"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8098:8098"
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx16G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-server.log"
    depends_on:
      pinot-broker:
        condition: service_healthy
    networks:
      - pinot-demo
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8097/health/readiness || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 10s

networks:
  pinot-demo:
    name: pinot-demo
    driver: bridge

Launch the components

Run the following command to launch all the required components:

docker compose --project-name pinot-demo up

OR, optionally, run the following command to launch all the components, including kafka:

export KAFKA_REPLICAS=1
docker compose --project-name pinot-demo up

Run the below command to check the container status:

docker container ls -a

Sample Console Output

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                     COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                        PORTS                                                       NAMES
f34a046ac69f   bitnami/kafka:3.6         "/opt/bitnami/script…"   9 minutes ago    Up About a minute (healthy)   0.0.0.0:9092->9092/tcp                                      kafka
f28021bd5b1d   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   18 minutes ago   Up About a minute (healthy)   8096-8097/tcp, 8099/tcp, 9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8098->8098/tcp   pinot-server
e938453054b0   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   18 minutes ago   Up About a minute (healthy)   8096-8098/tcp, 9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8099->8099/tcp             pinot-broker
e0d0c71303a8   apachepinot/pinot:1.2.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   18 minutes ago   Up About a minute (healthy)   8096-8099/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp                       pinot-controller
4be5f168f252   zookeeper:3.9.2           "/docker-entrypoint.…"   18 minutes ago   Up About a minute (healthy)   2888/tcp, 3888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2181->2181/tcp, 8080/tcp        pinot-zookeeper

Once your cluster is up and running, see Exploring Pinot to learn how to run queries against the data.

If you have minikube or Docker Kubernetes installed, you can also try running the Kubernetes quick start.