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Give feedback and get help. To get help from the community, review current user topics, join or start a discussion, log on to our Docker Desktop for Mac forum. To report bugs or problems, log on to Docker Desktop for Mac issues on GitHub, where you can review community reported issues, and file new ones. The reason for doing this is not to make Docker work any differently – you’re entirely correct, it’s just the same daemon still running on HyperV as if you use Docker from powershell or cmd. Rather, it’s to enable.using. Docker in bash scripts, e.g. For build or test orchestration. Normally you would reach for using the Docker Toolbox and the Docker QuickStart Terminal which runs Git Bash, but you can bypass all of that and use WSL instead. If you’re only interested in connecting to a remote daemon and already have a VM or host running Docker you can jump straight to steps 4 and 5. Pick a way to create your own VM. Then check your bash file where the docker-client is running, For me it was on 0.0.0.0:2375, while docker-daemon was running on unix socket.(It was set in the configuration file of dockerd). Just comment the bash-line and it'll work fine.
You can run Compose on macOS, Windows, and 64-bit Linux.
Prerequisites
Docker Compose relies on Docker Engine for any meaningful work, so make sure youhave Docker Engine installed either locally or remote, depending on your setup.
On desktop systems like Docker Desktop for Mac and Windows, Docker Compose isincluded as part of those desktop installs.
On Linux systems, first install theDocker Enginefor your OS as described on the Get Docker page, then come back here forinstructions on installing Compose onLinux systems.
To run Compose as a non-root user, see Manage Docker as a non-root user.
Install Compose
Follow the instructions below to install Compose on Mac, Windows, Windows Server2016, or Linux systems, or find out about alternatives like using the pipPython package manager or installing Compose as a container.
Install a different version
The instructions below outline installation of the current stable release(v1.28.6) of Compose. To install a different version ofCompose, replace the given release number with the one that you want. Composereleases are also listed and available for direct download on theCompose repository release page on GitHub.To install a pre-release of Compose, refer to the install pre-release buildssection.
Install Compose on macOS
Docker Desktop for Mac includes Compose alongwith other Docker apps, so Mac users do not need to install Compose separately.For installation instructions, see Install Docker Desktop on Mac.
Install Compose on Windows desktop systems
Docker Desktop for Windows includes Composealong with other Docker apps, so most Windows users do not need toinstall Compose separately. For install instructions, see Install Docker Desktop on Windows.
If you are running the Docker daemon and client directly on MicrosoftWindows Server, follow the instructions in the Windows Server tab.
Install Compose on Windows Server
Follow these instructions if you are running the Docker daemon and client directlyon Microsoft Windows Server and want to install Docker Compose.
Start an “elevated” PowerShell (run it as administrator).Search for PowerShell, right-click, and chooseRun as administrator. When asked if you want to allow this appto make changes to your device, click Yes.
In PowerShell, since GitHub now requires TLS1.2, run the following:
Then run the following command to download the current stable release ofCompose (v1.28.6):
Note: On Windows Server 2019, you can add the Compose executable to $Env:ProgramFilesDocker. Because this directory is registered in the system PATH, you can run the docker-compose --version command on the subsequent step with no additional configuration.
Test the installation.
Install Compose on Linux systems
On Linux, you can download the Docker Compose binary from theCompose repository release page on GitHub.Follow the instructions from the link, which involve running the curl commandin your terminal to download the binaries. These step-by-step instructions arealso included below.
For alpine, the following dependency packages are needed:py-pip, python3-dev, libffi-dev, openssl-dev, gcc, libc-dev, rust, cargo and make.
Run this command to download the current stable release of Docker Compose:
To install a different version of Compose, substitute
1.28.6with the version of Compose you want to use.If you have problems installing with
curl, seeAlternative Install Options tab above.Apply executable permissions to the binary:
Note: If the command docker-compose fails after installation, check your path.You can also create a symbolic link to /usr/bin or any other directory in your path.
For example:
Optionally, install command completion for the
bashandzshshell.Test the installation.
Alternative install options
Install using pip
For alpine, the following dependency packages are needed:py-pip, python3-dev, libffi-dev, openssl-dev, gcc, libc-dev, rust, cargo, and make.
Compose can be installed frompypi using pip. If you installusing pip, we recommend that you use avirtualenv because many operatingsystems have python system packages that conflict with docker-composedependencies. See the virtualenvtutorial to getstarted.
If you are not using virtualenv,
pip version 6.0 or greater is required.
Install as a container
Compose can also be run inside a container, from a small bash script wrapper. Toinstall compose as a container run this command:
Install pre-release builds
If you’re interested in trying out a pre-release build, you can download releasecandidates from the Compose repository release page on GitHub.Follow the instructions from the link, which involves running the curl commandin your terminal to download the binaries.
Pre-releases built from the “master” branch are also available for download athttps://dl.bintray.com/docker-compose/master/.
Pre-release builds allow you to try out new features before they are released,but may be less stable.
Upgrading
If you’re upgrading from Compose 1.2 or earlier, remove ormigrate your existing containers after upgrading Compose. This is because, as ofversion 1.3, Compose uses Docker labels to keep track of containers, and yourcontainers need to be recreated to add the labels.
If Compose detects containers that were created without labels, it refusesto run, so that you don’t end up with two sets of them. If you want to keep usingyour existing containers (for example, because they have data volumes you wantto preserve), you can use Compose 1.5.x to migrate them with the followingcommand:
Alternatively, if you’re not worried about keeping them, you can remove them.Compose just creates new ones.
Uninstallation
To uninstall Docker Compose if you installed using curl:
To uninstall Docker Compose if you installed using pip:
Got a “Permission denied” error?
If you get a “Permission denied” error using either of the abovemethods, you probably do not have the proper permissions to removedocker-compose. To force the removal, prepend sudo to either of the abovecommands and run again.
Where to go next
compose, orchestration, install, installation, docker, documentationMost of the time we connect to Docker running on our local machine, but you can also connect to Docker on a different machine too.
A great use case for this would be if you’re running Windows 10 Home edition and can’t run Hyper-V which means you can’t run Docker for Windows.
Normally you would reach for using the Docker Toolbox and the Docker QuickStart Terminal which runs Git Bash, but you can bypass all of that and use WSL instead.
If you’re only interested in connecting to a remote daemon and already have a VM or host running Docker you can jump straight to steps 4 and 5.
1. Pick a way to create your own VM:
To create your own VM to run Docker, I personally think the best choice is to use VMware Player for Windows since it’s free and its file mount performance is just as fast as Hyper-V.
The file mount performance is another main reason why I much prefer this set up over using Docker Toolbox. That’s because Docker Toolbox uses VirtualBox under the hood which is quite slow and has all sorts of file syncing bugs.
2. Install Ubuntu 18.04 in your VM:
I have a few year old video that goes over how to set up xubuntu 14.x with VMware Player, but you can download and use Ubuntu 18.04 server edition instead.
The installation instructions should be about the same when it gets to installing the OS. You’ll want to watch from 1:57 to 11:28 in the video (everything else can be skipped).
3. Install Docker in your VM:
After you’ve installed Ubuntu 18.04 and logged into your server, you can copy / paste the Ubuntu 18.04 installation steps from my WSL guide directly into your VM’s prompt.
4. Configure the Docker daemon in the VM to allow remote connections:
Keep in mind this is only meant to be used for local connections between your newly minted VM and your dev box with WSL. This is not meant to be used to connect from external networks because we’re going to connect unencrypted.
The reason we’re doing it over an unencrypted channel is because otherwise you’ll need to set up SSL certificates. You could always create self-signed certs and use those if you’re paranoid about local network traffic not being encrypted.
That’s going to let you continue to connect to the Docker daemon from within the VM thanks to -H unix://, but it also exposes the Docker Daemon with -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375 so that anyone can connect to it over the non-encrypted port.
When I say “anyone”, that would be anyone on your local network, assuming you have a router / firewall that is blocking port 2375 from the outside world.
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5. Configuring your dev box to connect to the remote Docker daemon:
Let’s say you were inside of WSL. You could run DOCKER_HOST=tcp://X.X.X.X:2375 docker info where you’ll want to replace X.X.X.X with your VM’s IP address (or hostname).
If you want to set DOCKER_HOST by default so it always connects remotely you can export it in your ~/.bashrc file. Here’s an example of that as a 1 liner:
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echo 'export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://X.X.X.X:2375' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
That just adds the export line to your .bashrc file so it’s available every time you open your terminal. The source command reloads your bash configuration so it takes effect now.
Congratulations, you’re now able to connect to a remote Docker daemon.
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Here’s a follow up guide on how to configure WSL to run Docker if you’re interested. You can jump straight to the installing Docker and Docker Compose section.