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Docker Compose

Docker Compose patterns for local development covering service definitions, networking, volumes, health checks, hot reloading, and production-ready configurations.

Difficulty
intermediate
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

Quick Reference

Docker Compose: No version field needed (2025+). Health checks for all services. depends_on with condition: service_healthy. Custom networks for isolation. Named volumes for persistence. Bind mounts for dev hot-reload. Use .env for variables. docker compose watch for live sync. Non-root users in containers.

Use When

  • Local development environments
  • Multi-container applications
  • Development/testing setups
  • Single-host deployments

Skip When

  • Production Kubernetes
  • Single container apps
  • Serverless deployments

Docker Compose

Docker Compose patterns for local development covering service definitions, networking, volumes, health checks, hot reloading, and production-ready configurations.

Tags

docker docker-compose devops local-development containers

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