Containers from Scratch
Compose: multi-service apps
Lesson 5 of 5
One file describes every service, its environment, and start order via depends_on — Compose brings the whole stack up together.
What you'll learn
- Describe a multi-service app in a single Compose file
- Use depends_on to order how services start
- Resolve a valid start order from the dependency graph
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