Executing Docker Compose Commands

In the previous chapter, we focused on using Docker networks and volumes on a Compose application. By using networks, we managed to establish connectivity between the components of a Compose application; by using volumes, we facilitated I/O operations and kept the data created portable and permanent.

So far, we have used various Docker Compose commands in order to provision our applications and interact with Compose components. This chapter will focus on the available Compose commands and their options. Once we have an overview of the available commands, we will dive into the provisioning commands and the commands interacting with the Compose containers. After that, we will learn more about cleanup commands. By covering the commands that assist in our application development, we will have a deep dive into monitoring commands.

The following main topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Introducing Compose commands
• The Docker CLI versus...