---
title: "Start and verify"
description: "Start the Docker Compose stack and confirm Elasticsearch and the Elasticsearch connector are ready."
---

# Start and verify

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Before you load dispute records, confirm every tier of the pipeline is running. Support agents cannot search cases that never left Aerospike.

1.  Start every service in the background.
    
    Terminal
    
    ```bash
    docker compose up -d
    ```
    
    The first run pulls all four images, which may take some time to download. Subsequent runs start in seconds. If a container exits or does not become available, see [Troubleshoot](https://aerospike.com/docs/connectors/elasticsearch/learn/get-started/step/3/part/0/wrap-up#troubleshoot).
    
2.  Wait until every container reports `healthy` or `running`.
    
    Terminal
    
    Terminal
    
    ```bash
    docker compose ps --format 'table {{.Name}}\t{{.Status}}'
    ```
    
    Container status
    
    Expected output
    
    ```text
    NAME                               STATUS
    
    aerospike                          Up 30 seconds (healthy)
    
    aerospike-elasticsearch-outbound   Up 20 seconds
    
    aerospike-tools                    Up 25 seconds
    
    elasticsearch                      Up 30 seconds (healthy)
    ```
    
3.  Verify Elasticsearch is ready before you write to Aerospike.
    
    Terminal
    
    Terminal
    
    ```bash
    curl -fsS 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty'
    ```
    
    Cluster health
    
    Expected output
    
    ```json
    {
    
      "status" : "green",
    
      ...
    
    }
    ```
    
4.  Verify the Elasticsearch connector management endpoint is available.
    
    Terminal
    
    ```bash
    curl -fsS 'http://localhost:8902/manage/rest/v1/metrics' > /dev/null
    ```
    
    The command exits without output when the endpoint responds successfully.
    

::: undefined
-   I’ve started the Docker Compose stack.
-   I’ve verified Elasticsearch and the Elasticsearch connector management endpoint are ready.
:::

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