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Docker Compose

Describe an application and its database, cache and services in one file and start them with one command: services, ports, volumes, networks, environment variables, health checks, and the commands you use every day.

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Running one container is a single command. Running a real application, a web server, an API, a database and a cache, each with its ports, settings and storage, quickly becomes a page of commands nobody remembers. Docker Compose replaces that with one file describing the whole system, and one command to start it. This article covers the file, the commands, and the habits that keep it reliable.

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