Introduction

Docker Compose is the standard tool for defining and running multi-container applications on a single host. Whether you are building a web application backed by a database, an event-driven system with message queues, or a microservices architecture that you want to run locally, Compose …

In a previous post I showed some Taskfile magic for working with docker compose. That post covered the DOCKERCOMPOSE variable trick and a set of reusable tasks for managing containers. This post picks up where that left off: what do you do when you have multiple projects that all need those same …

I have been using Taskfile for a while now, and I really like it. It is a great alternative to Makefile, and it has some nice features that make it easier to use.

In this post I wanted to share some “magic” to be able to select the right docker compose application to use. Either the …