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+OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
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+---
+version: '3'
+services:
+  opensearch-node1:
+    image: opensearchproject/opensearch:latest
+    container_name: opensearch-node1
+    environment:
+      - cluster.name=opensearch-cluster
+      - node.name=opensearch-node1
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
+      - cluster.initial_cluster_manager_nodes=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true  # along with the memlock settings below, disables swapping
+      - OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m  # minimum and maximum Java heap size, recommend setting both to 50% of system RAM
+      - OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD}    # Sets the demo admin user password when using demo configuration, required for OpenSearch 2.12 and higher
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536  # maximum number of open files for the OpenSearch user, set to at least 65536 on modern systems
+        hard: 65536
+    volumes:
+      - opensearch-data1:/usr/share/opensearch/data
+    ports:
+      - 9200:9200
+      - 9600:9600  # required for Performance Analyzer
+    networks:
+      - opensearch-net
+  opensearch-node2:
+    image: opensearchproject/opensearch:latest
+    container_name: opensearch-node2
+    environment:
+      - cluster.name=opensearch-cluster
+      - node.name=opensearch-node2
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
+      - cluster.initial_cluster_manager_nodes=opensearch-node1,opensearch-node2
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m
+      - OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
+    volumes:
+      - opensearch-data2:/usr/share/opensearch/data
+    networks:
+      - opensearch-net
+  opensearch-dashboards:
+    image: opensearchproject/opensearch-dashboards:latest
+    container_name: opensearch-dashboards
+    ports:
+      - 5601:5601
+    expose:
+      - '5601'
+    environment:
+      OPENSEARCH_HOSTS: '["https://opensearch-node1:9200","https://opensearch-node2:9200"]'
+    networks:
+      - opensearch-net
+
+volumes:
+  opensearch-data1:
+  opensearch-data2:
+
+networks:
+  opensearch-net: