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Docker - Compose

Docker Compose is used to run multiple containers as a single service. For


example, suppose you had an application which required NGNIX and MySQL, you
could create one file which would start both the containers as a service without the
need to start each one separately.
In this chapter, we will see how to get started with Docker Compose. Then, we will
look at how to get a simple service with MySQL and NGNIX up and running using
Docker Compose.

Docker Compose ─ Installation


The following steps need to be followed to get Docker Compose up and running.
Step 1 − Download the necessary files from github using the following command −
curl -L
"https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.10.0-rc2/d
ockercompose
-$(uname -s) -$(uname -m)" -o /home/demo/docker-compose
The above command will download the latest version of Docker Compose which at
the time of writing this article is 1.10.0-rc2. It will then store it in the
directory /home/demo/.

Step 2 − Next, we need to provide execute privileges to the downloaded Docker


Compose file, using the following command −
chmod +x /home/demo/docker-compose

We can then use the following command to see the compose version.

Syntax
docker-compose version

Parameters
 version − This is used to specify that we want the details of the version of Docker
Compose.

Output

The version details of Docker Compose will be displayed.

Example

The following example shows how to get the docker-compose version.


sudo ./docker-compose -version

Output

You will then get the following output −

Creating Your First Docker-Compose File


Now let’s go ahead and create our first Docker Compose file. All Docker Compose
files are YAML files. You can create one using the vim editor. So execute the
following command to create the compose file −
sudo vim docker-compose.yml

Let’s take a close look at the various details of this file −


 The database and web keyword are used to define two separate services. One will be
running our mysql database and the other will be our nginx web server.
 The image keyword is used to specify the image from dockerhub for
our mysql and nginx containers
 For the database, we are using the ports keyword to mention the ports that need to be
exposed for mysql.
 And then, we also specify the environment variables for mysql which are required to
run mysql.
Now let’s run our Docker Compose file using the following command −
sudo ./docker-compose up
This command will take the docker-compose.yml file in your local directory and
start building the containers.

Once executed, all the images will start downloading and the containers will start
automatically.
And when you do a docker ps, you can see that the containers are indeed up and
running.

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