diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66405b3c7..0716b95d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ release.properties
 # VS Code
 .factorypath
 .vscode
+
+# User-provided and generated compose configurations
+/compose-runtime.env
+/console-config.yaml
+/compose.env
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16c2d0a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+.PHONY: container-image-api container-image-ui container-images
+
+include *compose.env
+
+CONSOLE_API_IMAGE ?= localhost/eyefloaters/console-api
+CONSOLE_API_ACCOUNT ?= streams-console-service-account
+CONSOLE_API_NS ?= default
+CONSOLE_UI_IMAGE ?= localhost/eyefloaters/console-ui
+CONSOLE_UI_NEXTAUTH_SECRET ?= $(shell openssl rand -base64 32)
+
+container-image-api:
+	mvn package -f api/pom.xml -Pdocker -DskipTests -Dquarkus.container-image.image=$(CONSOLE_API_IMAGE)
+
+container-image-ui:
+	docker build -t $(CONSOLE_UI_IMAGE) ./ui -f ./ui/Dockerfile
+
+container-images: container-image-api container-image-ui
+
+compose-up: container-images
+	> compose-runtime.env
+	echo "CONSOLE_API_IMAGE=$(CONSOLE_API_IMAGE)" >> compose-runtime.env
+	echo "CONSOLE_API_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=$(CONSOLE_API_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN)" >> compose-runtime.env
+	echo "CONSOLE_API_KUBERNETES_API_SERVER_URL=$(CONSOLE_API_KUBERNETES_API_SERVER_URL)" >> compose-runtime.env 
+	echo "CONSOLE_UI_IMAGE=$(CONSOLE_UI_IMAGE)" >> compose-runtime.env
+	echo "CONSOLE_UI_NEXTAUTH_SECRET=$(CONSOLE_UI_NEXTAUTH_SECRET)" >> compose-runtime.env
+	docker compose --env-file compose-runtime.env up -d
+
+compose-down:
+	docker compose --env-file compose-runtime.env down
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6422e33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+version: '3.9'
+
+networks:
+  streams-console:
+    driver: bridge
+
+services:
+  console-api:
+    image: ${CONSOLE_API_IMAGE}
+    hostname: api
+    container_name: console-api
+    volumes:
+      - ${PWD}/console-config.yaml:/deployments/console-config.yaml:z
+    environment:
+      CONSOLE_CONFIG_PATH: /deployments/console-config.yaml
+      QUARKUS_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_API_SERVER_URL: ${CONSOLE_API_KUBERNETES_API_SERVER_URL}
+      QUARKUS_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_TOKEN: ${CONSOLE_API_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN}
+    networks:
+      - streams-console
+
+  console-ui:
+    image: ${CONSOLE_UI_IMAGE}
+    hostname: ui
+    container_name: console-ui
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    environment:
+      NEXTAUTH_SECRET: ${CONSOLE_UI_NEXTAUTH_SECRET}
+      NEXTAUTH_URL: http://localhost:3000
+      BACKEND_URL: http://api:8080/
+    networks:
+      - streams-console