Other commands

There are commands that can help in printing the available information.

help

help is a terminal command that provides usage instructions for commands available.

version

As seen in previous chapters, version displays the currently running version of Compose:

$ docker compose version
Docker Compose version v2.2.3

port

port prints the port for a binding:

$ docker compose port task-manager 8080
0.0.0.0:8080

config

config is used to validate the Compose configuration and instruct information to print:

$ docker-compose config
services:
  redis:
    image: redis
    ports:
    - published: 6379
      target: 6379
  task-manager:
    build:
      context: /path/to/Chapter2
    environment:
      REDIS_HOST: redis:6379
   ...