---
description: Sets the number of containers to run for a service.
keywords:
- fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli,  scale
menu:
  main:
    parent: smn_compose_cli
title: scale
---

# scale

```
Usage: scale [SERVICE=NUM...]
```

Sets the number of containers to run for a service.

Numbers are specified as arguments in the form `service=num`. For example:

    $ docker-compose scale web=2 worker=3