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Docker Compose

Docker Compose is a Docker tool that allows us to configure a Docker project. The tool takes care of starting and stopping the project. It builds and dynamically links the various containers defined in the configuration files. We need to understand the configuration parameters and know the commands to run.

docker-compose up -d     # Creates and starts the Docker project in daemon mode.
docker-compose start     # Starts images that were running but are now stopped.

docker-compose stop      # Stops the project but keeps the containers.

docker-compose down      # Stops the project and removes the containers.
docker-compose down -v   # Stops the project, removes the containers, and remove the volume data.

Now, let’s look at the WordPress project from lab 2.

We will configure docker-compose.yml to include a volume that will persist the web data on the VPS.
We will add components to the docker-compose.yml file, which become containers. Specifically, we will add a memory caching service called Redis.

File contents of ‘docker-compose.yml’

version: '3.3'

services:
   db:
     image: mysql:5.7
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: somewordpress
       MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
       MYSQL_USER: wordpress
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress

   wordpress:
     depends_on:
       - db
     image: wordpress:latest
     ports:
       - "20851:80"
     restart: always
     environment:
       WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
       WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress

volumes:
    db_data: {}

Here is some information about parts of the file:

services: Describe the different images the application depends on
- This project has 2 services: db and wordpress
- Each service has its own Docker container.
ports: These come in pairs. 20851:80
- The left value (20851) is the external port. This is how you access the service.
- Docker will bind to this external port. No other service can use it, just like with port 80.
- The right value (80) is the internal port to the docker container.
environment: Contains environmental variables, such as passwords or connection information
volumes: Indicates where the data is stored.
- A powerful feature of Docker is that the data can be stored on the host machine.
- A Docker container can be added and removed without destroying the data.

Docker Compose

Docker Compose 