compose/docs/reference/compose_config.md

docker compose convert

docker compose config renders the actual data model to be applied on the Docker Engine. It merges the Compose files set by -f flags, resolves variables in the Compose file, and expands short-notation into the canonical format.

Aliases

docker compose config, docker compose convert

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool		Execute command in dry run mode
--environment	bool		Print environment used for interpolation.
--format	string	yaml	Format the output. Values: [yaml | json]
--hash	string		Print the service config hash, one per line.
--images	bool		Print the image names, one per line.
--no-consistency	bool		Don't check model consistency - warning: may produce invalid Compose output
--no-interpolate	bool		Don't interpolate environment variables
--no-normalize	bool		Don't normalize compose model
--no-path-resolution	bool		Don't resolve file paths
-o, --output	string		Save to file (default to stdout)
--profiles	bool		Print the profile names, one per line.
-q, --quiet	bool		Only validate the configuration, don't print anything
--resolve-image-digests	bool		Pin image tags to digests
--services	bool		Print the service names, one per line.
--variables	bool		Print model variables and default values.
--volumes	bool		Print the volume names, one per line.

Description

docker compose config renders the actual data model to be applied on the Docker Engine. It merges the Compose files set by -f flags, resolves variables in the Compose file, and expands short-notation into the canonical format.