Run a local Qdrant instance for development with Docker (ports 6333 REST / 6334 gRPC, persistent volume, health check)
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Documented steps
Auth: None by default for a local single-node Docker instance; API-key auth is opt-in (see the Qdrant security route).
Pull the image: docker pull qdrant/qdrant
Run the container with REST (6333), gRPC (6334), and a persistent volume mounted to /qdrant/storage: docker run -p 6333:6333 -p 6334:6334 -v "$(pwd)/qdrant_storage:/qdrant/storage:z" qdrant/qdrant
Confirm the REST API is up: curl http://localhost:6333 (welcome message)
Use dedicated health probes for automation: curl http://localhost:6333/healthz (200 'healthz check passed'); Kubernetes-style /livez and /readyz also available
Open the built-in dashboard at http://localhost:6333/dashboard for manual inspection
Official docs: https://qdrant.tech/documentation/quickstart/ ; https://qdrant.tech/documentation/installation/ ; https://api.qdrant.tech/v-1-16-x/api-reference/service/healthz
Known gotchas
Container storage path is fixed at /qdrant/storage — bind-mount a host directory there or all data is lost when the container is removed
Qdrant listens on 6333 (HTTP) and 6334 (gRPC); port 6335 exists only for distributed cluster communication and is not needed for single-node dev
There is no /health path — use /healthz, /livez, /readyz, or GET /
Custom config files must be mounted into /qdrant/config/ (e.g. production.yaml), not everything is settable via env vars
Self-hosted containers ship with no authentication and no TLS by default — never expose this setup on a public network as-is
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