Docker Compose is a tool, that is used to run multi-container Docker applications, with Compose you use a YAML file to configure applications run each container will run a standalone services. You can create and start all the service from the docker-compose.yml file with a single command  "docker-compose up -d".

Installing Docker Compose on Linux:

There are three steps to installing the Docker Compose on your Linux instance, the steps are below,

First find the latest version from the GitHub portal: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases, found the latest verion 1.29.2 when post this page,

Second download binary file with latest version from the GitHub using CURL command on your Terminal,

$ sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose


third one is, once the downloaded the docker-compose binary file, we need to set the execute permissions for that compose binary file by chmod command,

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


Finally, will verify the installation by checking the docker-compose version, the command is

$ sudo docker-compose --version


Will see the version details looks like below output,

docker-compose version 1.29.2, build 5becea4c



$ sudo docker-compose up --help


You will see the output looks like below,



Builds, (re)creates, starts, and attaches to containers for a service.



Unless they are already running, this command also starts any linked services.



The `docker-compose up` command aggregates the output of each container. When

the command exits, all containers are stopped. Running `docker-compose up -d`

starts the containers in the background and leaves them running.



If there are existing containers for a service, and the service's configuration

or image was changed after the container's creation, `docker-compose up` picks

up the changes by stopping and recreating the containers (preserving mounted

volumes). To prevent Compose from picking up changes, use the `--no-recreate`

flag.



If you want to force Compose to stop and recreate all containers, use the

`--force-recreate` flag.



Usage: up [options] [--scale SERVICE=NUM...] [--] [SERVICE...]



Options:

    -d, --detach               Detached mode: Run containers in the background,

                               print new container names. Incompatible with

                               --abort-on-container-exit.

    --no-color                 Produce monochrome output.

    --quiet-pull               Pull without printing progress information

    --no-deps                  Don't start linked services.

    --force-recreate           Recreate containers even if their configuration

                               and image haven't changed.

    --always-recreate-deps     Recreate dependent containers.

                               Incompatible with --no-recreate.

    --no-recreate              If containers already exist, don't recreate

                               them. Incompatible with --force-recreate and -V.

    --no-build                 Don't build an image, even if it's missing.

    --no-start                 Don't start the services after creating them.

    --build                    Build images before starting containers.

    --abort-on-container-exit  Stops all containers if any container was

                               stopped. Incompatible with -d.

    --attach-dependencies      Attach to dependent containers.

    -t, --timeout TIMEOUT      Use this timeout in seconds for container

                               shutdown when attached or when containers are

                               already running. (default: 10)

    -V, --renew-anon-volumes   Recreate anonymous volumes instead of retrieving

                               data from the previous containers.

    --remove-orphans           Remove containers for services not defined

                               in the Compose file.

    --exit-code-from SERVICE   Return the exit code of the selected service

                               container. Implies --abort-on-container-exit.

    --scale SERVICE=NUM        Scale SERVICE to NUM instances. Overrides the

                               `scale` setting in the Compose file if present.

    --no-log-prefix            Don't print prefix in logs.