Docker Compose Getting Started

Built from the "getting started" guide on docs.docker.com: https://docs.docker.com/compose/gettingstarted/

Required

1. Docker
2. Docker Compose (should come with Docker CE for macOS and Windows)
3. (optional) a GUI, mostly needed if you're using docker toolbox, but can be helpful for the less Docker experienced
   • Portainer
   • Kitematic

Adapted

Adapted from the original docker compose getting started guide to use Node w/ the Express framework in place of python.

Create from Scratch

1. Create Docker image, build Dockerfile
2. Build the image, docker build -t web .
3. Define services, port bindings, in docker-compose.yml
4. Build and run w/ compose, docker-compose up (add -d for it to run 'detatched', in background)

* To remove the container(s) defined by the docker-compose.yml, run docker-compose rm from cwd.

Clone and Run

1. git clone https://github.com/edm00se/simple-docker-compose-node-redis-demo.git
2. cd simple-docker-compose-node-redis-demo
3. docker-compose up (first time run will perform build)
   • you can force a fresh build with --build
   • you can background (run without holding up your CLI) by using --detach

License

The MIT License (MIT).