Using Docker Compose
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. Docker Compose provides a tool to define a set of containers and their relationships to each other, and then run them all with a single command.
With Docker Compose, developers can define the exact configuration of the application’s containers, including the images, environment variables, and network settings. This ensures that the application runs consistently across different environments and can be easily reproduced.
The following are a few components of Docker Compose we need to understand before we delve into details for configuration definitions:
- YAML file: A YAML file is used to define the configuration of your application’s containers. The YAML file specifies the images to use, ports to expose, environment variables, and any other settings that are required.
- Services: Each container in your application is defined as a service in the YAML...
