Manage Docker-Compose via Node.js
docker-compose
is a small library that allows you to run docker-compose (which is still required) via Node.js. This is useful to bootstrap test environments.
This library supports docker-compose
(v1 standalone) and as of this version docker compose
(v2, the docker "compose" plugin).
Installation
yarn add --dev docker-compose
Documentation
The documentation can be found here.
Example
docker-compose
(v1)
Import for To import commands for the v1 version, please use this import statement:
import * as compose from 'docker-compose'
You can also import only the required commands:
import { run, upAll } from 'docker-compose'
docker compose
(v2)
Import for To import commands for the v2 version, please use this import statement:
import { v2 as compose } from 'docker-compose'
You can also import only the required commands:
import { run, upAll } from 'docker-compose/dist/v2'
Usage
To start service containers based on the docker-compose.yml
file in your current directory, just call compose.upAll
like this:
compose.upAll({ cwd: path.join(__dirname), log: true }).then(
() => {
console.log('done')
},
(err) => {
console.log('something went wrong:', err.message)
}
)
Start specific services using compose.upMany
:
const services = ['serviceA', 'serviceB']
compose.upMany(services, { cwd: path.join(__dirname), log: true })
Or start a single service with compose.upOne
:
const service = 'serviceA'
compose.upOne(service, { cwd: path.join(__dirname), log: true })
To execute command inside a running container
compose.exec('node', 'npm install', { cwd: path.join(__dirname) })
Known issues with v2 support
- During testing we noticed that
docker compose
seems to send it's exit code also commands don't seem to have finished. This doesn't occur for all commands, but for example withstop
ordown
. We had the option to wait for stopped / removed containers using third party libraries but this would make bootstrappingdocker-compose
much more complicated for the users. So we decided to use asetTimeout(500)
workaround. We're aware this is not perfect but it seems to be the most appropriate solution for now. Details can be found in the v2 PR discussion (we're happy to get help here).
Running the tests
While docker-compose
runs on Node.js 6+, running the tests requires you to use Node.js 8+ as they make use of async/await
.
yarn test
Want to help?
This project is just getting off the ground and could use some help with cleaning things up and refactoring.
If you want to contribute - we'd love it! Just open an issue to work against so you get full credit for your fork. You can open the issue first so we can discuss and you can work your fork as we go along.
If you see a bug, please be so kind as to show how it's failing, and we'll do our best to get it fixed quickly.
Before sending a PR, please create an issue to introduce your idea and have a reference for your PR.
We're using conventional commits, so please use it for your commits as well.
Also please add tests and make sure to run yarn lint
.
Discussions
If you want to discuss an docker-compose
issue or PR in more detail, feel free to start a discussion.
License
MIT License
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