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Docker Deep Dive - Second Edition
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Docker Deep Dive - Second Edition

by Nigel Poulton
July 2023
Beginner
266 pages
5h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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9: Multi-container apps with Compose

In this chapter, we’ll look at how to deploy multi-container applications using Docker Compose. We usually shorten it to just Compose.

We’ll split this chapter into the usual three parts:

  • The TLDR
  • The deep dive
  • The commands

Deploying apps with Compose - The TLDR

Modern cloud-native apps are made of multiple smaller services that interact to form a useful app. We call this the microservices pattern.

A microservices app might have the following seven independent services that work together to form a useful application:

  • Web front-end
  • Ordering
  • Catalog
  • Back-end datastore
  • Logging
  • Authentication
  • Authorization

Deploying and managing lots of small microservices like these can be hard. This is where Compose comes ...

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ISBN: 9781835081709