See Medium for explanatory article.
Bring up the stack with Docker:
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
Then you can make http queries:
$ curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name": "Example"}' http://localhost:8200/v1/users
{"id":"004cdd12-7d65-4f78-8e41-def2f2ef1bef","name":"Example"}%
$ curl http://localhost:8200/v1/users/004cdd12-7d65-4f78-8e41-def2f2ef1bef
{"id":"004cdd12-7d65-4f78-8e41-def2f2ef1bef","name":"Example"}%