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+# Docker compose file for DataHub Lightweight
+# 
+# This configuration provides a minimal setup of DataHub with:
+# - Redpanda (instead of Kafka + Zookeeper + Schema Registry)
+# - MySQL/MariaDB database
+# - Elasticsearch
+---
+services:
+  datahub-frontend-react:
+    hostname: datahub-frontend-react
+    image: ${DATAHUB_FRONTEND_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-frontend-react}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    ports:
+    - ${DATAHUB_MAPPED_FRONTEND_PORT:-9002}:9002
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/datahub-frontend/Dockerfile
+    env_file: datahub-frontend/env/docker.env
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=redpanda:9092
+      - KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL=http://redpanda:8081
+    depends_on:
+      datahub-gms:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+    - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
+
+  datahub-gms:
+    hostname: datahub-gms
+    image: ${DATAHUB_GMS_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-gms}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    ports:
+    - ${DATAHUB_MAPPED_GMS_PORT:-8080}:8080
+    build:
+        context: ../
+        dockerfile: docker/datahub-gms/Dockerfile
+    env_file: datahub-gms/env/docker-without-neo4j.env
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=redpanda:9092
+      - KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL=http://redpanda:8081
+      - KAFKA_CONSUMER_STOP_ON_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR=${KAFKA_CONSUMER_STOP_ON_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR:-true}
+      - METADATA_SERVICE_AUTH_ENABLED=${METADATA_SERVICE_AUTH_ENABLED:-false}
+      # Ensure Elasticsearch indices are created properly
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_MAPPINGS_REINDEX=true
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_SETTINGS_REINDEX=true
+    healthcheck:
+      test: curl -sS --fail http://datahub-gms:${DATAHUB_GMS_PORT:-8080}/health
+      start_period: 90s
+      interval: 1s
+      retries: 3
+      timeout: 5s
+    depends_on:
+      elasticsearch-setup:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      redpanda:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      mysql-setup:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    volumes:
+    - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
+
+  datahub-upgrade:
+    hostname: datahub-upgrade
+    image: ${DATAHUB_UPGRADE_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-upgrade}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    command:
+    - -u
+    - SystemUpdate
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/datahub-upgrade/Dockerfile
+    env_file: datahub-upgrade/env/docker-without-neo4j.env
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=redpanda:9092
+      - KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL=http://redpanda:8081
+      # Ensure all indices are created during system upgrade
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_MAPPINGS_REINDEX=true
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_SETTINGS_REINDEX=true
+    depends_on:
+      elasticsearch-setup:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      kafka-setup:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+      mysql-setup:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    labels:
+      datahub_setup_job: true
+
+  # Pre-create Elasticsearch indices
+  elasticsearch-setup:
+    hostname: elasticsearch-setup
+    image: ${DATAHUB_ELASTIC_SETUP_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-elasticsearch-setup}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/elasticsearch-setup/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_HOST=elasticsearch
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_PORT=9200
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_USE_SSL=false
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_MAPPINGS_REINDEX=true
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_BUILDER_SETTINGS_REINDEX=true
+    depends_on:
+      elasticsearch:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    labels:
+      datahub_setup_job: true
+
+  kafka-setup:
+    hostname: kafka-setup
+    image: ${DATAHUB_KAFKA_SETUP_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-kafka-setup}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    build:
+      dockerfile: ./docker/kafka-setup/Dockerfile
+      context: ../
+    env_file: kafka-setup/env/docker.env
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER=redpanda:9092
+      - KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL=http://redpanda:8081
+      # Disable attempts to configure the internal "_schemas" topic
+      # Redpanda manages schema registry topics differently than Confluent
+      - USE_CONFLUENT_SCHEMA_REGISTRY=FALSE
+    depends_on:
+      redpanda:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    labels:
+      datahub_setup_job: true
+
+  mysql-setup:
+    hostname: mysql-setup
+    image: ${DATAHUB_MYSQL_SETUP_IMAGE:-acryldata/datahub-mysql-setup}:${DATAHUB_VERSION:-head}
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/mysql-setup/Dockerfile
+    env_file: mysql-setup/env/docker.env
+    depends_on:
+      mysql:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    labels:
+      datahub_setup_job: true
+
+  # Use MariaDB on ARM64 platforms like M1/M2 Macs
+  mysql:
+    hostname: mysql
+    image: ${MYSQL_IMAGE:-mysql:8.2}
+    platform: ${MYSQL_PLATFORM:-linux/amd64}
+    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_bin --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+    ports:
+      - ${DATAHUB_MAPPED_MYSQL_PORT:-3306}:3306
+    env_file: mysql/env/docker.env
+    restart: on-failure
+    healthcheck:
+      test: mysqladmin ping -h mysql -u $$MYSQL_USER --password=$$MYSQL_PASSWORD
+      start_period: 20s
+      interval: 1s
+      retries: 5
+      timeout: 5s
+    volumes:
+      - mysqldata:/var/lib/mysql
+
+  # ElasticSearch (minimal configuration)
+  elasticsearch:
+    hostname: elasticsearch
+    image: ${DATAHUB_SEARCH_IMAGE:-elasticsearch}:${DATAHUB_SEARCH_TAG:-7.10.1}
+    ports:
+    - ${DATAHUB_MAPPED_ELASTIC_PORT:-9200}:9200
+    environment:
+      - discovery.type=single-node
+      - xpack.security.enabled=false
+      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: curl -sS --fail http://elasticsearch:9200/_cluster/health?wait_for_status=yellow&timeout=0s
+      start_period: 20s
+      interval: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      timeout: 5s
+    volumes:
+      - esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          memory: 512M
+
+  # Redpanda as a lightweight Kafka replacement
+  redpanda:
+    image: redpandadata/redpanda:latest
+    hostname: redpanda
+    container_name: redpanda
+    command:
+      - redpanda
+      - start
+      - --smp=1
+      - --memory=1G
+      - --reserve-memory=0M
+      - --overprovisioned
+      - --node-id=0
+      - --check=false
+      - --kafka-addr=PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:9092
+      - --advertise-kafka-addr=PLAINTEXT://redpanda:9092
+      - --rpc-addr=0.0.0.0:33145
+      - --advertise-rpc-addr=redpanda:33145
+      - --schema-registry-addr=0.0.0.0:8081
+    ports:
+      - "${DATAHUB_MAPPED_KAFKA_BROKER_PORT:-9092}:9092"
+      - "${DATAHUB_MAPPED_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_PORT:-8081}:8081"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "rpk cluster health | grep -E 'Healthy:.+true' || exit 1"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: datahub_network_lightweight
+
+volumes:
+  esdata:
+  mysqldata:
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diff --git a/docker/lightweight.sh b/docker/lightweight.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Define color codes
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+# Print banner
+echo -e "${GREEN}==========================================${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}  DataHub Lightweight Setup${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}  Using: Redpanda, MySQL/MariaDB, Elasticsearch${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}==========================================${NC}"
+
+# Check Docker is running
+if ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo -e "${RED}Error: Docker is not running. Please start Docker and try again.${NC}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for M1/M2 Mac and set appropriate MySQL image
+if [[ $(uname -m) == 'arm64' ]]; then
+  export MYSQL_IMAGE="mariadb:10.5.8"
+  export MYSQL_PLATFORM="linux/arm64"
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}M1/M2 Mac detected. Using MariaDB instead of MySQL.${NC}"
+fi
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+FRONTEND=true
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case $arg in
+    --no-frontend)
+      FRONTEND=false
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
+      echo "Options:"
+      echo "  --no-frontend  Start without the frontend"
+      echo "  --help         Display this help message"
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Configure services based on command-line arguments
+SERVICES="redpanda elasticsearch elasticsearch-setup mysql mysql-setup kafka-setup datahub-upgrade datahub-gms"
+if [ "$FRONTEND" = true ]; then
+  SERVICES="$SERVICES datahub-frontend-react"
+fi
+
+# Print configuration
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Starting with configuration:${NC}"
+echo -e "- Frontend: $([ "$FRONTEND" = true ] && echo 'Enabled' || echo 'Disabled')"
+echo ""
+
+# Start the services
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Starting services: $SERVICES${NC}"
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml up -d $SERVICES
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${GREEN}DataHub is starting up...${NC}"
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Waiting for GMS to be healthy...${NC}"
+
+# Wait for GMS to be ready
+GMS_URL="http://localhost:8080/health"
+MAX_WAIT=300  # 5 minutes
+START_TIME=$(date +%s)
+
+while true; do
+  CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%s)
+  ELAPSED=$((CURRENT_TIME - START_TIME))
+  
+  if [ $ELAPSED -gt $MAX_WAIT ]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}GMS did not become healthy within the timeout period.${NC}"
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Check logs with: docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml logs datahub-gms${NC}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  
+  STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$GMS_URL" || echo "000")
+  
+  if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}GMS is healthy!${NC}"
+    break
+  fi
+  
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}Waiting for GMS to be ready... (${ELAPSED}s)${NC}"
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+# Display success message
+echo -e "${GREEN}==========================================${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}DataHub is now running!${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Access points:${NC}"
+echo -e "- GMS API:   http://localhost:8080"
+if [ "$FRONTEND" = true ]; then
+  echo -e "- Frontend:  http://localhost:9002"
+fi
+echo ""
+echo -e "${YELLOW}Useful commands:${NC}"
+echo -e "- View logs:  docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml logs -f"
+echo -e "- Stop:       docker-compose -f docker-compose.lightweight.yml down"
+echo -e "${GREEN}==========================================${NC}"
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