Docker compose

Docker compose offers high level of abstraction for service definition.

Installation

Seems to be installed with regular docker:

alex@latitude7490:~/ > sudo docker version
[sudo] password for alex:
Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           23.0.1
 API version:       1.42
 Go version:        go1.19.5
 Git commit:        a5ee5b1
 Built:             Thu Feb  9 19:47:01 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          23.0.1
  API version:      1.42 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.19.5
  Git commit:       bc3805a
  Built:            Thu Feb  9 19:47:01 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.16
  GitCommit:        31aa4358a36870b21a992d3ad2bef29e1d693bec
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.4
  GitCommit:        v1.1.4-0-g5fd4c4d
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
alex@latitude7490:~/ > sudo docker compose version
Docker Compose version v2.16.0

Yet:

> docker-compose
zsh: command not found: docker-compose

Check therelease page and then:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.16.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Then:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Finally:

> docker-compose --version
Docker Compose version v2.16.0

Reference

https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/

Compose File Spec

https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/

Example Use

sudo docker compose up -d