Docker Compose overview

We introduced what Docker Compose is. We defined Docker Compose as an orchestrator for running multiple containers using a YAML script for configuring services. We stated that Docker Compose uses a declarative concept for defining services, i.e., we define the desired state of our application, and it gives us just that. We explained that the Docker Compose YAML script consists of multiple sections like version, services, networks, and volumes. Here’s how a Docker Compose file is structured:

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