The nerdctl compose CLI is designed to be compatible with docker-compose.

$ nerdctl compose up -d
$ nerdctl compose down

See the Command Reference in ../README.md.

nerdctl compose implements The Compose Specification, which was derived from Docker Compose file version 3 specification.

• Fields that correspond to unimplemented docker run flags, e.g., services.<SERVICE>.links (corresponds to docker run --link)
• Fields that correspond to unimplemented docker build flags, e.g., services.<SERVICE>.build.extra_hosts (corresponds to docker build --add-host)
• services.<SERVICE>.credential_spec
• services.<SERVICE>.deploy.update_config
• services.<SERVICE>.deploy.rollback_config
• services.<SERVICE>.deploy.resources.reservations
• services.<SERVICE>.deploy.placement
• services.<SERVICE>.deploy.endpoint_mode
• services.<SERVICE>.healthcheck.start_interval
• services.<SERVICE>.stop_grace_period
• services.<SERVICE>.stop_signal
• configs.<CONFIG>.external
• secrets.<SECRET>.external

• The value must be a local directory path, not a URL.

• uid, gid: Cannot be specified. The default value is not propagated from USER instruction of Dockerfile. The file owner corresponds to the original file on the host.
• mode: Cannot be specified. The file is mounted as read-only, with permission bits that correspond to the original file on the host.

• Whole-image mounts are supported.
• source is interpreted as an image reference, including when it matches a service name.
• services.<SERVICE>.volumes[].image.subpath is not yet supported.