Install and Use Docker Compose with Docker on Ubuntu 22.04

How to Install Docker Compose with Docker on Ubuntu 22.04. Docker Compose is a simple tool that provides a way to orchestrate multiple containers to work together which makes deployment using a yaml file. In this guide you are going to learn how to install Docker compose and create a new application using docker compose on Ubuntu 22.04.

Prerequisites

1. Running Compute Engine, see the Setting up Compute Engine Instance.
2. Docker installed, see how to install Docker on Ubuntu LTS.

Install Docker Compose

Once you have Docker installed you can proceed to install Docker Compose.

Here we shall install latest version of Docker Compose from the official GitHub repository.

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.20.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Set up correct permissions to the downloaded file.

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Verify the installation using the following command.

docker-compose -version Output Docker Compose version v2.20.0

Now Docker Compose is installed successfully and you can start running containers.

Use Docker Compose

Docker Compose allows you to use YAML file to define multiple container applications. With the YAML file you can run, build and configure all containers.

Create a project directory and navigate inside that directory.

mkdir docker-project cd docker-project

Create a YAML file. This is a basic example of the yaml file for hello world .

sudo nano docker-compose.yml

Paste the following contents and save the file.

new-test: image: hello-world

Hit Ctrl + X followed by Y and Enter to save the file and exit.

Now you can execute the following command to pull the hello word image from Docker Hub.

docker-compose up

You will receive an output similar to this.

Output Pulling new-test (hello-world:)… latest: Pulling from library/hello-world 0e03bdcc26d7: Pull complete Digest: sha256:6a65f928fb91fcfbc963f7aa6d57c8eeb426ad9a20c7ee045538ef34847f44f1 Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest Creating docker-project_new-test_1 … done Attaching to docker-project_new-test_1 new-test_1 | new-test_1 | Hello from Docker! new-test_1 | This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly. new-test_1 | new-test_1 | To generate this message, Docker took the following steps: new-test_1 | 1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon. new-test_1 | 2. The Docker daemon pulled the “hello-world” image from the Docker Hub. new-test_1 | (amd64) new-test_1 | 3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the new-test_1 | executable that produces the output you are currently reading. new-test_1 | 4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it new-test_1 | to your terminal. new-test_1 | new-test_1 | To try something more ambitious, you can run an Ubuntu container with: new-test_1 | $ docker run -it ubuntu bash new-test_1 | new-test_1 | Share images, automate workflows, and more with a free Docker ID: new-test_1 | https://hub.docker.com/ new-test_1 | new-test_1 | For more examples and ideas, visit: new-test_1 | https://docs.docker.com/get-started/ new-test_1 | docker-project_new-test_1 exited with code 0

Now the hello-world image is pulled from Docker Hub and docker-compose creates a container, attaches and runs the program.

You can see all the containers using the following command.

docker ps -a Output CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 0a84984cf2a9 hello-world “/hello” 38 seconds ago Exited (0) 35 seconds ago docker-project_new-test_1

Now you have made a deployment using Docker Compose.

Conclusion

Now you have learned how to install and use Docker Compose with Docker on Ubuntu 22.04.

Thanks for your time. If you face any problem or any feedback, please leave a comment below.