Declarative container management with Docker Compose

Docker Compose helps you manage multiple containers in a declarative way. You create a YAML file and specify what you want to build, what containers you want to run, and how the containers interact with each other. You can define mounts, networks, port mapping, and many different configurations in the YAML file.

After that, you can simply run docker-compose up to get your entire containerized application running.

Declarative management is fast gaining ground because of the power and simplicity it offers. Now, sysadmins don't need to remember what commands they had run or write lengthy scripts or playbooks to manage containers. Instead, they can simply declare what they want in a YAML file, and docker-compose or other tools can help them achieve that state.

Installing Docker Compose

Installing Docker Compose is very simple. You download the docker-compose binary from its official repository, make it executable, and...