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How Docker Compose Helps You Setup Multi-Container Application

Harry Zhou
Level Up Coding
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4 min readMar 30, 2023

Lots of companies are using container technology to deploy their applications but their developers are still using the traditional way for the local dev environment set up such as installing framework, dependancies on their local machine.

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application’s services. Then, with a single command, you create and start all the services from your configuration.

If you like to learn it with hands-on practice, you can checkout my video which shows you how to use docker compose step by step. Hope you can also leave you comments with your suggestions or anything you wanna learn.

Regarding learning Docker Compose, there are some key points you should understand.

  1. YAML File for Docker Compose:

Below is the example we are using in the video for a local wordpress development environment setup. This is really helpful if you production environment is using…

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Written by Harry Zhou

AWS Community Builder, Tech Enthusiast, DevOps, Architect

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