Docker Compose

Question 1

What is Docker Compose?

Answer 1

Docker compose is a tool that was developed to help define and share multi-container applications. Can create YML file to define the services and spin up/tear down with single command

Question 2

How to bring up?

Answer 2

docker compose up -d

Question 3

How to bring down?

Answer 3

docker compose down

Question 4

Steps to run docker compose?

Answer 4

1. make sure docker compose file is in the local project (don’t commit to repo),
2. open docker desktop,
3. if any stale images remove them
   -docker compose down in the terminal
   - delete them in docker desktop,
4. • when docker is up will see it spinning up in the terminal - will see images show in docker desktop -
5. start the test locally - should see activity in docker desktop