Running Compose files

With Podman Desktop, you can manage multi-container applications defined in a Compose file.

Prerequisites

• Podman 4.7.0 or greater.
• You have set up Compose.
• You have a Compose file, such as compose.yaml.

Procedure

• Run the command in a terminal:

  $ podman compose --file compose.yaml up --detach

  (Alternatively) With an older Podman version, run docker-compose:

  1. Set the DOCKER_HOST variable.

  2. Run docker-compose rather than podman compose:

     $ docker-compose --file compose.yaml up --detach

  (Optionally) Learn about Compose commands:

  $ podman compose --help

Verification

1. The Compose engine starts the containers and services, and adds a label to each resource:

   • Container label: com.docker.compose.project
   • Service label: com.docker.compose.service

2. Podman Desktop detects the Compose labels, and displays the container group as a group of containers.

   The Podman Desktop Containers list displays the containers created by Compose grouped in a container group with a (compose) suffix, such as flask-redis (compose).