<p>After some time spent looking at <a href="Docker">http://www.docker.com/">Docker from afar, hearing everyone talk about how awesome it is and how all the cool kids are <strong><a href="already">http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/10/google-bets-big-on-docker-with-app-engine-integration-open-source-container-management-tool/">already <a href="using">https://speakerdeck.com/teddziuba/docker-at-ebay">using <a href="it.">http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2014/04/23/aws-elastic-beanstalk-adds-docker-support/">it. I decided to test drive Docker out by using it in my development environment. In this post I will describe how to set up <a href="Postgres,">http://www.postgresql.org/">Postgres, <a href="Elasticsearch,">http://www.elasticsearch.org/">Elasticsearch, and <a href="Redis">http://redis.io/">Redis as Docker containers with <a href="Vagrant">http://www.vagrantup.com/">Vagrant on Mac OS X. </p>