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How to install and use docker-compose to deploy

containers in CentOS 7
by Pradeep Kumar · Published August 7, 2017 · Updated August 7, 2017

Docker-compose is a command line tool to

define and configure multi-container
docker applications. In other words we
can say docker compose is used to link
multiple containers and deploy application
from a single command. Let’s assume we
want to deploy WordPress site inside a
container, so to deploy this i would be
requiring one Web Server container
(Apache/ nginx) and one database
container (mysql / mariadb).

With Docker Compose we can easily

include multiple containers inside our
docker-compose file and can also define all
other configuration required for my
application. Docker-compose tool can be
used in development, testing and staging
environment, apart from these it can be
easily used in CI (Continues
Integration) workflow

In this article we will discuss how to install

Docker Compose on existing Docker host
and then we will learn how to deploy
containers from docker-compose
command. In our previous article we have
already discuss the following topics.

How to Install Docker on CentOS

7
Install and Configure Docker
Swarm mode on CentOS 7

I am assuming here that we have existing

docker host up and running. Now let’s

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jump into the installation steps of docker

compose tool.

Installation steps of Docker

Compose
Login to your docker host and run the
beneath commands one after the another

[root@docker-host ~]# yum install

epel-release -y
[root@docker-host ~]# yum install
python-pip -y
[root@docker-host ~]# pip install
docker-compose

Note: pip version 6.0 or higher is

recommended for docker-compose to work
smoothly. In case pip version is below 6.0
then run the below command to upgrade it

[root@docker-host ~]# pip install

--upgrade pip

Verify the Docker version using below

command

[root@docker-host ~]# docker-

compose --version
docker-compose version 1.15.0,
build e12f3b9
[root@docker-host ~]#

Deploy Containers with

Docker Compose tool
To deploy docker containers with docker-
compose command , first create a directory

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under that directory create a compose file

with name ‘docker-compose.yml‘ or
‘docker-compose.yaml‘. In the compose
file we will define the services for our
applications and container images.

Before start creating compose file, let’s first

pull WordPress and MySQL container
images

[root@docker-host ~]# docker pull

wordpress
[root@docker-host ~]# docker pull
mysql
[root@docker-host ~]# docker image
ls
REPOSITORY
TAG IMAGE
ID CREATED
SIZE
mysql latest
c73c7527c03a 2
days ago 412MB
wordpress
latest
f28808014819 7 days
ago 406MB

Create a directory with name “wordpress-

site”

[root@docker-host ~]# mkdir

wordpress-site
[root@docker-host ~]# cd
wordpress-site/
[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#

Create docker-compose.yml file with the

following content

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version: '3.0'

services:
webserver:
image: wordpress
container_name: wp_web
ports:
- 8080:80
links:
- dbserver:mysql
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD:
6zcznAEjLWp79P
dbserver:
image: mysql:latest
container_name: wp_db
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:
6zcznAEjLWp79P

In the above compose file we have define

two services with the name “webserver”
and “dbserver”, for these services I have
also specified container image . Apart from
this I have specify environments by
mentioning the mysql root password and
wordpress db password.

Let’s deploy our application i.e WordPress

site by running the below command,

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[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose up

Note: Run ‘docker-compose up’ command

from the directory where docker-compose
file exists.

Above Command will deploy two

containers with name “wp_web” and
“wp_db”. Try access your WordPress site
using URL :

http://{docker-host-ip}:8080

Complete the screen instructions to finish

WordPress Installation. This confirms that
we have successfully deployed WordPress
site inside the containers using docker-
compose tool.

Let’s have a look on options of ‘docker-

compose’ command

List the Containers which are

deployed for our application

[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose ps
Name
Command
State Ports
----------------------------------

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----------------------------------
--
wp_db docker-entrypoint.sh
mysqld Up 3306/tcp
wp_web docker-entrypoint.sh
apach ... Up 0.0.0.0:8080-
>80/tcp
[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#

Stop and start the Containers

& Its Services
Either press Ctrl+C on the command or run
below command

[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose stop
Stopping wp_web ... done
Stopping wp_db ... done
[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#

Run ‘docker-compose start’ to start

containers and its services

[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose start
Starting dbserver ... done
Starting webserver ... done
[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#

View the Containers Logs

Run ‘docker-compose logs’ command to
view logs of containers and to view the logs
of a specific container use the command
‘docker-compose logs {service-name}’

[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose logs

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[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose logs dbserver

Stop & Remove Containers

along with its network
With help of ‘docker-compose down’
command we can stop and remove
containers from a single command

[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#
docker-compose down
Stopping wp_web ... done
Stopping wp_db ... done
Removing wp_web ... done
Removing wp_db ... done
Removing network
wordpresssite_default
[root@docker-host wordpress-site]#

That’s all from this tutorial, For more

options please refer “docker-compose –
help“

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