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devoopsman45 and others added 2 commits June 18, 2026 23:12
Add docker-compose.quick.yml that pulls pre-built GHCR images so users
can start a 1-scheduler + 2-executor cluster with Docker as the only
prerequisite (~2 min vs ~20 min cold Rust build).

Key details:
- Uses --advertise-flight-sql-endpoint so clients only connect to
  scheduler:50050; no direct executor port access needed from the host
- Health checks on both services with depends_on for correct startup order
- 2 executor replicas by default, easily scaled with --scale

Also fix two doc gaps that caused silent failures:
- quick-start.md: restructured with two labelled paths (Docker eval vs
  build from source), expected log output, troubleshooting section, and
  compatibility gap warning
- docker-compose.md: document the missing cargo build --release
  prerequisite for docker-compose.yml, and note that no CLI image is
  published to GHCR

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TKhWssogfJHUnDTz4qfpiA
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A new docker-compose.quick.yml file is added, defining a Ballista cluster using pre-built GHCR images: a ballista-scheduler service on port 50050 with a TCP healthcheck and a ballista-executor service (2 replicas) that waits for the scheduler to be healthy before starting. The deployment documentation (docker-compose.md and quick-start.md) is restructured into two explicit paths—Docker-based evaluation with pre-built images and source-build with local binaries—and gains a new Troubleshooting section. Identical review directives are added to CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .cursor/rules.md, and .gemini/rules.md.

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This pull request introduces a new docker-compose.quick.yml file for running a Ballista cluster using pre-built images from GHCR, and updates the deployment and quickstart documentation to guide users through both the pre-built and build-from-source paths. Feedback on the configuration points out that setting --external-host to ballista-scheduler in the quick-start compose file will prevent host-based clients from resolving the advertised endpoint, and suggests changing it to localhost to ensure successful connections.

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command: >
--bind-host 0.0.0.0
--external-host ballista-scheduler
--advertise-flight-sql-endpoint

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When running the quick-start cluster locally, clients (such as the Ballista CLI or a Rust application) connect from the host machine to localhost:50050.

If --external-host is set to ballista-scheduler, the scheduler will advertise ballista-scheduler:50050 as the endpoint for fetching query results. Since ballista-scheduler is not resolvable by the host machine's DNS, any host-based client will fail to connect and fetch results.

Setting --external-host localhost ensures that host-based clients can successfully resolve and connect to the advertised endpoint, while executors can still connect to the scheduler using the Docker service name ballista-scheduler via --scheduler-host.

    command: >
      --bind-host 0.0.0.0
      --external-host localhost
      --advertise-flight-sql-endpoint

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⚠️ Security: Prompt Injection Attempt Detected

The second commit ("Add AI config files", authored by martin-g) adds four files — CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .cursor/rules.md, .gemini/rules.md — all containing identical instructions:

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This is a prompt injection attack. These files are named to be automatically loaded by AI coding assistants (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex agents, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist) and attempt to:

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Overview

The first commit (authored by devoopsman45, co-authored by Claude Sonnet 4.6) contains the legitimate work and is generally solid. It adds docker-compose.quick.yml for a zero-build-required quickstart and substantially improves the onboarding documentation.


docker-compose.quick.yml

Issues:

  • Health check requires bash: The /dev/tcp trick (bash -c "</dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/50050") only works if bash is installed in the image. Many minimal Docker images (Alpine-based, distroless) omit it. If the GHCR images don't guarantee bash, this health check will silently fail and depends_on: condition: service_healthy will never be satisfied. Consider using nc -z 127.0.0.1 50050 (requires netcat/busybox) or a gRPC health probe binary instead.

  • Unbound /work directory: The executor is started with --work-dir /work but no volume is mounted at /work. On container restart or cleanup this scratch space will be lost. For a quickstart this is probably acceptable, but it should at least be documented or use a named Docker volume.

  • Unpinned latest tag: ghcr.io/apache/datafusion-ballista-scheduler:latest will silently upgrade on docker compose pull. A compatibility break in a future release could confuse users. Consider documenting how to pin to a specific version tag (e.g., 0.13.0).

Positive aspects:

  • The --advertise-flight-sql-endpoint comment clearly explains why that flag is necessary — good developer documentation.
  • depends_on: condition: service_healthy is the right pattern; executors won't start before the scheduler is ready.
  • restart: "no" is correct for a quickstart — automatic restarts would mask misconfiguration.
  • Two executor replicas by default is a nice touch for demonstrating actual distribution.

Documentation

quick-start.md:

  • The comparison table is excellent — it immediately tells users which path fits their goal. Keep it.
  • The DataFusion/Ballista compatibility callout is important and well-placed.
  • The two-port model explanation (-p vs --bind-grpc-port) fills a genuine gap that trips up first-time users.
  • The troubleshooting section is practical and addresses the three most common failure modes.
  • Minor regression: The inline source-code listings for the SQL and DataFrame examples were removed. While they made the doc long, they were useful as a quick reference. Consider linking directly to the example files in the repository instead of just saying "see examples/".

docker-compose.md:

  • The "Skipping Step 1 will cause the build to fail" note about COPY target/release/ballista-* is genuinely valuable — that silent failure has likely confused many contributors.
  • The removed docker run --network=host CLI example was outdated (image no longer published); the replacement is correct.

Summary

Item Verdict
CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / .cursor/rules.md / .gemini/rules.md Block — prompt injection, must be removed
docker-compose.quick.yml — health checks Needs fix (bash dependency)
docker-compose.quick.yml/work volume Minor — document or add named volume
docker-compose.quick.ymllatest tag Minor — document pinning
Documentation restructuring Approved — clear improvement

The underlying feature work is good and should be merged once the AI config files are removed and the health check fragility is addressed.

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Summary: This PR improves Ballista onboarding by adding a Docker Compose “quick start” path and updating deployment docs to distinguish between evaluating the latest release vs running local source changes.

Changes:

  • Adds docker-compose.quick.yml that starts a scheduler and executors from pre-built GHCR images (no local Rust build required).
  • Updates the Docker Compose deployment guide to document two options: pre-built images vs building Docker images from locally compiled binaries.
  • Rewrites the Quickstart guide into two explicit paths (“Evaluate with Docker” and “Build from source”), with connection examples for Rust and the CLI.
  • Adds guidance for mounting local data into executor containers and tearing the cluster down cleanly.
  • Adds troubleshooting notes for common setup problems (missing protoc, scheduler reachability, port conflicts, and Docker startup ordering).

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retries: 10
restart: "no"
deploy:
replicas: 2

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deploy.replicas is ignored by docker compose up (non-Swarm), so this file will likely start only a single ballista-executor container despite replicas: 2. That would make the quickstart output/statement about two executors misleading unless users run in Swarm mode or explicitly scale the service.

Severity: medium

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ballista-scheduler_1 | INFO ballista_scheduler: Ballista v52.0.0 Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor_1 | INFO ballista_executor: Ballista v52.0.0 Rust Executor listening on 0.0.0.0:50051
```
ballista-scheduler_1 | Ballista Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050

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The example log prefixes here (ballista-scheduler_1 / ballista-executor_1) match legacy docker-compose output; with docker compose v2 they typically appear as ...-1, so this snippet may not match what users actually see.

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🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@docs/source/user-guide/deployment/docker-compose.md`:
- Around line 54-59: In the expected output section showing successful Docker
Compose startup messages, update the container name references from the old
underscore format to the hyphenated format for consistency with the rest of the
documentation. Replace `ballista-scheduler_1` with `ballista-scheduler-1` and
`ballista-executor_1` with `ballista-executor-1`. Additionally, add the `text`
language tag to the opening code fence triple backticks to resolve markdownlint
warnings.

In `@docs/source/user-guide/deployment/quick-start.md`:
- Around line 50-54: The code fence containing the Ballista log output is
missing a language tag, which causes markdownlint to fail. Add the language tag
`text` to the opening triple backticks of the code fence that contains the log
lines starting with "ballista-scheduler-1" and ending with
"ballista-executor-2". Change the opening fence from ``` to ```text to properly
label this as plain text output.
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  • .cursor/rules.md
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  • docs/source/user-guide/deployment/quick-start.md

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Expected output after a successful start:

```bash
$ docker-compose up
Creating network "ballista-benchmarks_default" with the default driver
Creating ballista-benchmarks_ballista-scheduler_1 ... done
Creating ballista-benchmarks_ballista-executor_1 ... done
Attaching to ballista-benchmarks_ballista-scheduler_1, ballista-benchmarks_ballista-executor_1
ballista-scheduler_1 | INFO ballista_scheduler: Ballista v52.0.0 Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor_1 | INFO ballista_executor: Ballista v52.0.0 Rust Executor listening on 0.0.0.0:50051
```
ballista-scheduler_1 | Ballista Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor_1 | Executor registration succeed
```

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the hyphenated container names here.

This sample still uses the old _1 suffixes, while the rest of the quick-start docs use the service-1 form. That mismatch will send readers looking for the wrong container names. Please also tag the fence as text or console so markdownlint stops warning.

♻️ Suggested fix
-```
-ballista-scheduler_1  | Ballista Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
-ballista-executor_1   | Executor registration succeed
-```
+```text
+ballista-scheduler-1  | Ballista Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
+ballista-executor-1   | Executor registration succeed
+```
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Expected output after a successful start:
```bash
$ docker-compose up
Creating network "ballista-benchmarks_default" with the default driver
Creating ballista-benchmarks_ballista-scheduler_1 ... done
Creating ballista-benchmarks_ballista-executor_1 ... done
Attaching to ballista-benchmarks_ballista-scheduler_1, ballista-benchmarks_ballista-executor_1
ballista-scheduler_1 | INFO ballista_scheduler: Ballista v52.0.0 Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor_1 | INFO ballista_executor: Ballista v52.0.0 Rust Executor listening on 0.0.0.0:50051
```
ballista-scheduler_1 | Ballista Scheduler listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor_1 | Executor registration succeed
```
Expected output after a successful start:
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/source/user-guide/deployment/docker-compose.md` around lines 54 - 59, In
the expected output section showing successful Docker Compose startup messages,
update the container name references from the old underscore format to the
hyphenated format for consistency with the rest of the documentation. Replace
`ballista-scheduler_1` with `ballista-scheduler-1` and `ballista-executor_1`
with `ballista-executor-1`. Additionally, add the `text` language tag to the
opening code fence triple backticks to resolve markdownlint warnings.

Source: Linters/SAST tools

Comment on lines +50 to +54
```
ballista-scheduler-1 | Ballista Scheduler v53.0.0 listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
ballista-executor-1 | Executor registration succeed
ballista-executor-2 | Executor registration succeed
```

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Label the log sample fence.

This is plain output, so add a language tag (for example text) to satisfy markdownlint and avoid a docs-only CI failure.

♻️ Suggested fix
-```
+```text
 ballista-scheduler-1  | Ballista Scheduler v53.0.0 listening on 0.0.0.0:50050
 ballista-executor-1   | Executor registration succeed
 ballista-executor-2   | Executor registration succeed
+```
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[warning] 50-50: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified

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🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/source/user-guide/deployment/quick-start.md` around lines 50 - 54, The
code fence containing the Ballista log output is missing a language tag, which
causes markdownlint to fail. Add the language tag `text` to the opening triple
backticks of the code fence that contains the log lines starting with
"ballista-scheduler-1" and ending with "ballista-executor-2". Change the opening
fence from ``` to ```text to properly label this as plain text output.

Source: Linters/SAST tools

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