A Drupal 8 instance with all the example settings for a REST server. Create the docker containers docker-compose up -d Install drupal inside of the container from the existing configuration. docker exec -it drupal_8_rest_server_php scripts/docker/drupal_instance_install.sh Get one time login docker exec -it drupal_8_rest_server_php scripts/docker/drupal_onetime_login.sh In order to be able to be able to request the REST API(e.g. from Postman) you would have to have in the /etc/hosts file the following line 127.0.0.1 drupal_rest.docker.localhost