compose/docs/reference/compose_config.md

docker compose convert

Parse, resolve and render compose file in canonical format

Aliases

docker compose config, docker compose convert

Options

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