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Docker Compose

Defines and starts several containers from a YAML file.

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Tool that describes an application with several services (app, database, cache) in a YAML file and starts everything with one command.

When to use

For development environments and simple deployments with several containers.

When to avoid

For production at scale and high availability, where an orchestrator such as Kubernetes is suited.

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