Docker Compose Alternatives

Comments primarily advocate for Docker Compose as a simple, sufficient tool for container management and orchestration, questioning the need for alternatives like Docker Swarm or Kubernetes and sharing use cases where it excels.

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compose.yaml Bazel.io e.g docker.com kompose.io compose.yml CircleCi VM YAML i.e docker docker compose compose swarm kubernetes deploy service file vm files

Sample Comments

meow_cat Feb 8, 2025 View on HN

I'm not sure I understand the use case. What problems does this solve that a nice Docker Compose file doesn't?

mmcnl Jan 29, 2023 View on HN

Docker compose is still orders of magnitude easier to use and often sufficient.

speedgoose Nov 9, 2021 View on HN

Docker Compose is great. Avoid Docker Swarm.

tkuraku Nov 29, 2022 View on HN

Yes. Docker compose is the way to go.

grahamannett Mar 24, 2016 View on HN

docker-compose is kind of oriented towards what I think you are referring to, have you tried that out? I've done a bit with it and was thinking about explaining how I used it in some post but didn't know if it would be very useful outside of what I was doing. If you email me a small description I could probably whip up a docker-compose.yml as an example since it's fun to play around with.

selestify Aug 13, 2015 View on HN

What should I use in place of docker compose?

sigmonsays Dec 21, 2022 View on HN

this looks interesting but how is this better than just doing docker-compose?

tapirl Mar 16, 2021 View on HN

I use docker compose only. It is much more convenient than vanilla docker.

yuppie_scum Feb 11, 2023 View on HN

Docker Compose is the easy answer

radus Aug 21, 2018 View on HN

What about a docker-compose alternative?