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Docker Compose uses a YAML file to define services and their resources. The Compose CLI creates and starts the application from that file.

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docker compose up

docker compose ps

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  • Compose file
  • Compose Specification
  • docker compose up
  • docker compose ps
  • services
  • networks
  • volumes
  • configs

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