diff --git a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
index 4d338cb221..ada377f1f6 100644
--- a/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/hosting/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version: "3"
 
+# optional ports are specified throughout for more advanced use cases.
+
 services:
   app-service:
     restart: always
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ services:
       - ./envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml
     ports:
       - "${MAIN_PORT}:10000"
-      - "9901:9901"
+      #- "9901:9901"
     depends_on:
       - minio-service
       - worker-service
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ services:
       - COUCHDB_USER=${COUCH_DB_USER}
     ports:
       - "${COUCH_DB_PORT}:5984"
-      - "4369:4369"
-      - "9100:9100"
+      #- "4369:4369"
+      #- "9100:9100"
     volumes:
       - couchdb_data:/couchdb