cheatsheets/docker/docker-compose.md

Docker Compose Cheatsheet

Template

# docker-compose.yml
version: '3' # Deprecated.
services:
  alpine:
    image: alpine:latest
    container_name: alpine-example
    ports:
      - 8001:8001 
    environment:
      - SECRET_PASSWORD="a secret!"

Run compose file in detached mode

docker compose up -d 

Spin up compose file

docker compose up

Stop specific compose service

docker compose stop [service name]

Start specific compose service

docker compose start [service name]