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description: Learn how to use Docker Compose to define and run multi-container applications
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with this detailed introduction to the tool.
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keywords: docker compose, docker-compose, docker compose command, docker compose files,
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docker compose documentation, using docker compose, compose container, docker compose
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service
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title: Docker Compose overview
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grid:
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- title: Install Compose
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description: Follow the instructions on how to install Docker Compose.
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icon: download
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link: /compose/install
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- title: Try Compose
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description: Learn the key concepts of Docker Compose whilst building a simple Python
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web application.
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icon: explore
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link: /compose/gettingstarted
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- title: View the release notes
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description: Find out about the latest enhancements and bug fixes.
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icon: note_add
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link: /compose/release-notes
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- title: Understand key features of Compose
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description: Understand its key features and explore common use cases.
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icon: help
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link: /compose/features-uses/
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- title: Explore the Compose file reference
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description: Find information on defining services, networks, and volumes for a
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Docker application.
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icon: all_inbox
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link: /compose/compose-file
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- title: Browse common FAQs
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description: Explore general FAQs and find out how to give feedback.
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icon: sms
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link: /compose/faq
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aliases:
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- /compose/cli-command/
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- /compose/networking/swarm/
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- /compose/overview/
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- /compose/swarm/
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- /compose/completion/
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---
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{{< include "compose-eol.md" >}}
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Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.
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With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application's services.
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Then, with a single command, you create and start all the services
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from your configuration.
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Compose works in all environments; production, staging, development, testing, as
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well as CI workflows. It also has commands for managing the whole lifecycle of your application:
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* Start, stop, and rebuild services
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* View the status of running services
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* Stream the log output of running services
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* Run a one-off command on a service
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The key features of Compose that make it effective are:
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* [Have multiple isolated environments on a single host](features-uses.md#have-multiple-isolated-environments-on-a-single-host)
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* [Preserve volume data when containers are created](features-uses.md#preserves-volume-data-when-containers-are-created)
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* [Only recreate containers that have changed](features-uses.md#only-recreate-containers-that-have-changed)
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* [Support variables and moving a composition between environments](features-uses.md#supports-variables-and-moving-a-composition-between-environments)
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