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# Docker Compose
## Overview
Compose is a tool for defining and running complex applications with Docker.
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then
spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to
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[Rails](rails.md), or [Wordpress](wordpress.md).
- See the reference guides for complete details on the [commands](cli.md), the
[configuration file](yml.md) and [environment variables](env.md).
## Release Notes
### Version 1.2.0 (April 7, 2015)
For complete information on this release, see the [1.2.0 Milestone project page](https://github.com/docker/compose/wiki/1.2.0-Milestone-Project-Page).
In addition to bug fixes and refinements, this release adds the following:
* The `extends` keyword, which adds the ability to extend services by sharing common configurations. For details, see
[PR #972](https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/1088).
* Better integration with Swarm. Swarm will now schedule inter-dependent
containers on the same host. For details, see
[PR #972](https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/972).

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## Using Compose in production
While **Compose is not yet considered production-ready**, you can try using it
for production deployments if you're feeling brave. Production-readiness is an
active, ongoing project - see the
While **Compose is not yet considered production-ready**, if you'd like to experiment and learn more about using it in production deployments, this guide
can help.
The project is actively working towards becoming
production-ready; to learn more about the progress being made, check out the
[roadmap](https://github.com/docker/compose/blob/master/ROADMAP.md) for details
on how it's coming along and what needs to be done.
on how it's coming along and what still needs to be done.
When deploying to production, you'll almost certainly want to make changes to
your app configuration that are more appropriate to a live environment. This may
include:
your app configuration that are more appropriate to a live environment. These
changes may include:
- Removing any volume bindings for application code, so that code stays inside
the container and can't be changed from outside
- Binding to different ports on the host
- Setting environment variables differently (e.g. to decrease the verbosity of
- Setting environment variables differently (e.g., to decrease the verbosity of
logging, or to enable email sending)
- Specifying a restart policy (e.g. `restart: always`) to avoid downtime
- Adding extra services (e.g. a log aggregator)
- Specifying a restart policy (e.g., `restart: always`) to avoid downtime
- Adding extra services (e.g., a log aggregator)
For this reason, you'll probably want to define a separate Compose file, say
`production.yml`, which specifies production-appropriate configuration.
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> **Note:** The [extends](extends.md) keyword is useful for maintaining multiple
> Compose files which re-use common services without having to manually copy and
> paste.
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Once you've got an alternate configuration file, you can make Compose use it
Once you've got an alternate configuration file, make Compose use it
by setting the `COMPOSE_FILE` environment variable:
$ COMPOSE_FILE=production.yml
$ docker-compose up -d
> **Note:** You can also use the file for a one-off command without setting
> an environment variable by passing the `-f` flag, e.g.
> an environment variable. You do this by passing the `-f` flag, e.g.,
> `docker-compose -f production.yml up -d`.
### Deploying changes
When you make changes to your app code, you'll need to rebuild your image and
recreate your app containers. If the service you want to redeploy is called
`web`, this will look like:
recreate your app's containers. To redeploy a service called
`web`, you would use:
$ docker-compose build web
$ docker-compose up --no-deps -d web
This will first rebuild the image for `web` and then stop, destroy and recreate
This will first rebuild the image for `web` and then stop, destroy, and recreate
*just* the `web` service. The `--no-deps` flag prevents Compose from also
recreating any services which `web` depends on.
### Run Compose on a single server
### Running Compose on a single server
You can use Compose to deploy an app to a remote Docker host by setting the
`DOCKER_HOST`, `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY` and `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` environment variables
appropriately. [Docker Machine](https://docs.docker.com/machine) makes managing
local and remote Docker hosts very easy, and is recommended even if you're not
deploying remotely.
`DOCKER_HOST`, `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY`, and `DOCKER_CERT_PATH` environment variables
appropriately. For tasks like this,
[Docker Machine](https://docs.docker.com/machine) makes managing local and
remote Docker hosts very easy, and is recommended even if you're not deploying
remotely.
Once you've set up your environment variables, all the normal `docker-compose`
commands will work with no extra configuration.
commands will work with no further configuration.
### Run Compose on a Swarm cluster
### Running Compose on a Swarm cluster
[Docker Swarm](https://docs.docker.com/swarm), a Docker-native clustering
system, exposes the same API as a single Docker host, which means you can use
Compose against a Swarm instance and run your apps across multiple hosts.
Compose/Swarm integration is still in the experimental stage, and Swarm is still
in beta, but if you're interested to try it out, check out the
in beta, but if you'd like to explore and experiment, check out the
[integration guide](https://github.com/docker/compose/blob/master/SWARM.md).