Docker Connection & Health Check Guide

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This document explains how to interact with the various Docker containers that power the Local Food AI system.

Starting the Stack

To start the application and all its microservices:

# Standard environment
docker-compose up -d

# Windows / WSL environment (if applicable)
docker-compose -f docker-compose-wsl.yml up -d

To access the MySQL shell directly:

docker exec -it food-mysql-1 mysql -u root -p

Note: The password is defined in your .env file (MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD).

To manage LLM models or test the AI engine:

docker exec -it food-ollama-1 bash
# Inside the container, you can run:
# ollama list
# ollama run qwen2.5:1.5b

To view the SearXNG logs if the web search context is failing:

docker logs -f food-searxng-1

If you need to access the Zabbix server or agent:

docker exec -it food-zabbix-server-1 bash

You can verify that all application components are working using:

docker ps

Look for Up (healthy) in the STATUS column for the mysql service, and ensure food-app-1 (Streamlit) is running without restarting.