What do you think about Docker Compose?

Question

We want to make a quickly deployable on-premise distribution based on Docker Compose technology. But we are not sure is it a popular and convenient technology? And is it good for corporations?

sethammons · Accepted Answer

We use docker compose for development and our build system leverages it. However, our prod system is hybrid with our own data centers running k8s, traditional VMs, and bare metal nodes, and additionally we run some things in aws. Thousands of nodes in our own DCs. I'm not aware of any teams at my work using docker compose beyond dev+ci/cd and I'd be interested at looking to an all k8s solution, but docker compose definitely got us here. Highly recommended.

josephcsible · Answer

I love it. It gives you 95% of what Kubernetes gives you for only 5% of the effort and complexity.

arnold_palmur · Answer

Big fan of it - very straightforward to use (like a local mirco-orchestration template)

aynyc · Answer

Yes, docker compose is a fantastic little tool.

speedgoose · Answer

Docker Compose is great. Avoid Docker Swarm.