local-setup

name	local-setup
description	Use when user needs to set up Milvus locally. Triggers on: local setup, install milvus, docker, docker-compose, dev environment, milvus standalone, milvus lite.

Local Setup - Local Deployment

Set up a local Milvus development environment.

Method Selection

Method	Use Case	Resource Requirements
Milvus Lite	Quick testing, learning	Minimal
Docker Standalone	Development, small scale	Medium
Docker Compose	Full features	Higher

Milvus Lite (Simplest)

No installation needed, use directly:

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

# In-memory mode
client = MilvusClient()

# Or persist to file
client = MilvusClient("./milvus.db")

# Create collection
client.create_collection(
    collection_name="demo",
    dimension=768
)

# Insert
client.insert(
    collection_name="demo",
    data=[{"id": 1, "vector": [0.1]*768, "text": "hello"}]
)

# Search
results = client.search(
    collection_name="demo",
    data=[[]*],
    limit=
)