diff --git a/local-compose.yml b/local-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bd398fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#############################################################################
+#  CONSUL
+#
+#  Consul is the service catalog that helps discovery between the components
+#  Change "-bootstrap" to "-bootstrap-expect 3", then scale to 3 or more to
+#  turn this into an HA Consul raft.
+#############################################################################
+consul:
+  image: autopilotpattern/consul:latest
+  command: >
+    /usr/local/bin/containerpilot
+    /bin/consul agent -server
+    -bootstrap-expect 1
+    -config-dir=/etc/consul
+    -ui-dir /ui
+  restart: always
+  mem_limit: 128m
+  ports:
+    - 8500
+  dns:
+    - 127.0.0.1
+
+#############################################################################
+#  PROMETHEUS
+#
+#  Prometheus is an open source performance monitoring tool
+#  it is included here for demo purposes and is not required
+#############################################################################
+prometheus:
+  image: autopilotpattern/prometheus:latest
+  restart: always
+  mem_limit: 1g
+  ports:
+    - 9090
+  links:
+    - consul:consul
+  environment:
+    - CONSUL=consul
+    - CONSUL_AGENT=1
+
+#############################################################################
+#  FRONTEND
+#############################################################################
+frontend:
+  build: packages/cp-frontend
+  mem_limit: 512m
+  links:
+    - consul:consul
+  environment:
+    - CONSUL=consul
+    - CONSUL_AGENT=1
+    - PORT=5000
+  ports:
+    - 5000
+
+#############################################################################
+#  BACKEND
+#############################################################################
+api:
+  build: packages/portal-api
+  mem_limit: 512m
+  links:
+    - consul:consul
+    - rethinkdb:rethinkdb
+  environment:
+    - CONSUL=consul
+    - CONSUL_AGENT=1
+    - PORT=3000
+    - RETHINK_HOST=rethinkdb
+  ports:
+    - 3000
+
+#############################################################################
+#  DATABASE
+#############################################################################
+rethinkdb:
+  image: rethinkdb
+  restart: always
+  mem_limit: 1g
+  expose:
+    - 8080
+    - 28015
+    - 29015
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile b/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8493fef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# todo change to 7
+FROM quay.io/yldio/alpine-node-containerpilot:latest
+
+RUN yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 \
+ && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean --yes --scope portal-api --include-filtered-dependencies \
+ && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna bootstrap --scope portal-api --include-filtered-dependencies
+
+WORKDIR /home/node/app/packages/portal-api
+COPY packages/portal-api/etc/containerpilot.json /etc/
+
+ARG CIRCLE_BRANCH
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD ["/bin/containerpilot", "yarn", "start"]
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/etc/containerpilot.json b/packages/portal-api/etc/containerpilot.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6c55623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/portal-api/etc/containerpilot.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  "consul": "0.0.0.0:8500",
+  "services": [
+    {
+      "name": "cp-gql-mock-server",
+      "port": 3000,
+      "health": "/usr/bin/curl -o /dev/null --fail -s http://0.0.0.0:3000/",
+      "poll": 3,
+      "ttl": 10
+    }
+  ],
+  "backends": [],
+  "telemetry": {
+    "port": 9090,
+    "sensors": [
+      {
+        "name": "frontend_memory_percent",
+        "help": "percentage of memory used",
+        "type": "gauge",
+        "poll": 5,
+        "check": ["/bin/sensors", "memory"]
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "frontend_cpu_load",
+        "help": "cpu load",
+        "type": "gauge",
+        "poll": 5,
+        "check": ["/bin/sensors", "cpu"]
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "frontend_disk_capacity",
+        "help": "disk capacity",
+        "type": "gauge",
+        "poll": 60,
+        "check": ["/bin/sensors", "diskcapacity"]
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "frontend_disk_usage",
+        "help": "disk usage",
+        "type": "gauge",
+        "poll": 60,
+        "check": ["/bin/sensors", "diskusage"]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/package.json b/packages/portal-api/package.json
index c95e49fd..d2cbedda 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/portal-api/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "lint-ci": "belly-button",
     "test": "lab -c",
     "test-ci": "echo 0",
-    "start": "node example.js"
+    "start": "node server.js"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "wyatt",
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/example.js b/packages/portal-api/server.js
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/portal-api/example.js
rename to packages/portal-api/server.js
index 04790c1f..c88ca917 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/example.js
+++ b/packages/portal-api/server.js
@@ -15,20 +15,31 @@ server.connection({
   }
 });
 
-const options = {
+const swaggerOptions = {
   info: {
     'title': 'Portal API Documentation',
     'version': Pack.version
   }
 };
 
+const portalOptions = {
+  data: {
+    db: {
+      host: process.env.RETHINK_HOST || 'localhost'
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 server.register([
   Inert,
   Vision,
-  Portal,
+  {
+    register: Portal,
+    options: portalOptions
+  },
   {
     register: HapiSwagger,
-    options
+    options: swaggerOptions
   }],
   (err) => {
     handlerError(err);