A Developer's Essential Guide to Docker Compose

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Docker Compose 101

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Introduction to Docker Compose

Technical requirements

Introducing Docker Compose and its usage

Installing Docker Compose

Docker Desktop

Installing Docker

docker compose versus docker-compose

Understanding how Docker Compose works

Your first Docker Compose file

Using your Docker image on Docker Compose

Summary

2

Running the First Application Using Compose

Technical requirements

Creating a core application

Installing Go

A REST API in Go using Gin

The application

Running Redis using Compose

Shelling into a container managed by Compose

Interacting with a Docker Compose service

Packaging your application with Docker and Compose

Enabling environment configuration

Docker image creation

Running ...