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Docker Deep Dive: Advanced Techniques

Chapter Summary: Multi-Container Apps with Compose

Explore how to deploy and manage multi-container applications using Docker Compose. Understand key Docker Compose commands to control app lifecycle, configure services, and maintain container environments efficiently.

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Commands

Let’s explore all the Docker Compose commands covered in this chapter.

  • docker compose up deploys a Compose app. It creates all images, containers, networks, and volumes the app needs. It expects you to call the Compose file compose.yaml, but you can specify a custom file name with the -f flag. You’ll normally start the app in the background with the --detach ...