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Docker Compose Commands

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There are several commands in Docker Compose to start, stop, and list the compose.

docker-compose up

After defining docker-compose.yml, we can start the containers that are defined in the services all at once by running:

docker-compose up

Sometimes you may want to rebuild all containers that use Dockerfile to build in docker-compose.yml. To do this, append the --build flag after the command:

docker-compose up --build

Additionally, if you want to run Docker Compose in the background, you can append the -d flag:

docker-compose up -d

docker-compose down

When you want to shut down all the containers defined in the docker-compose.yml, the quickest way to do it is to use the down command:

docker-compose down

Note that when using the down command, you should be in the same directory as the docker-compose.yml. Docker Compose will automatically target the containers defined in the file and shut them down, removing any associated networks and volumes unless they are defined as external or persistent.

docker-compose ps

Finally, you can list the services (containers) running in the docker-compose by using the ps command:

docker-compose ps
# NAME                       IMAGE                COMMAND                  SERVICE        CREATED       STATUS       PORTS
# simpleweb-node-app-1       simpleweb-node-app   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   node-app       2 hours ago   Up 2 hours   0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp
# simpleweb-redis-server-1   redis                "docker-entrypoint.s…"   redis-server   4 days ago    Up 2 hours   6379/tcp

Note that the ps command also finds docker-compose.yml and lists the running containers defined in that file. Therefore, you should run the ps command in the same directory as docker-compose.yml.

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