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Docker Compose uses a Compose file to define application services. The Compose CLI creates and starts those services, connecting them with networks and supporting persistent data through volumes.

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Syntax

docker compose [OPTIONS] COMMAND
services:
  SERVICE_NAME:
    IMAGE_OR_BUILD_CONFIGURATION

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  • Compose file
  • Compose Specification
  • Compose CLI
  • services
  • networks
  • volumes
  • projects
  • configs

Source: How Compose works. Checked 2026-11-03.