I want to have two docker-compose files, where one overrides another.
(The motivation comes from Docker Compose Docs)
The use case comes from the buildbot environment. The first docker-compose file should define a simple service. This is a service that is going to be tested. Let's take
version: '2'
services:
service-node:
build:
context: ./res
dockerfile: Dockerfile
image: my/server
env_file: .env
The second docker-compose file (let's name it docker-compose.test.yml) overrides the service-node to add a buildbot worker feature, and creates the second container, i.e. buildbot master node, that is going to control testing machinery. Let's take
version: '2'
services:
service-node:
build:
context: ./res
dockerfile: buildbot.worker.Dockerfile
image: my/buildbot-worker
container_name: bb-worker
env_file: ./res/buildbot.worker.env
environment:
- BB_RES_DIR=/var/lib/buildbot
networks:
testlab:
aliases:
- bb-worker
volumes:
- ./vol/bldbot/worker:/home/bldbotworker
depends_on:
- bb-master
bb-master:
build:
context: ./res
dockerfile: buildbot.master.Dockerfile
image: my/buildbot-master
container_name: bb-master
env_file: ./res/buildbot.master.env
environment:
- BB_RES_DIR=/var/lib/buildbot
networks:
- testlab
expose:
- "9989"
volumes:
- ./vol/bldbot/master:/var/lib/buildbot
networks:
testlab:
driver: bridge
Generally this configuration works, i.e. the command
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up -d
builds both images and runs both containers, but there is one shortcoming, i.e. the command
docker-compose ps
shows only one service, bb-worker. At the same time
docker ps
shows both.
Furthermore, the command
docker-compose down
stops only one service, and outputs the message/warning Found orphan containers
. Of course, the message refers to bb-master.
How can I override the basic docker-compose.yml file to be able to add additional non-orphan service?
You need to run all docker-compose
commands with the flags, e.g.:
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml down
Alternatively, you can make this the default by writing the following to a .env
file in the same folder:
COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.test.yml
NOTE:
In windows you need tu use ";" as the separator (@louisvno)