# How to install and use Docker Compose

DevFeed: [How to install and use Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-install-and-use-docker-compose-27640.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2016/02/how-to-install-and-use-docker-compose/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [command](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [containerization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containerization.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-compose.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/run.md>), [services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/services.md>), [syntax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syntax.md>), [updated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updated.md>), [volumes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/volumes.md>), [with](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/with.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to installing and using Docker Compose to automate multi-container Docker applications. It covers installation options, Bash completion, configuration files, running environments, detached execution, and cleanup commands.

## Source excerpt

A quick guide to installing and using Docker Compose for automating multi-container Docker applications, including command examples and a sample configuration file.