⚙️ Phase 5: Managing with Docker Compose #

With multiple services running, we now use Docker Compose to manage them together through a unified configuration.

🎯 You’ll Learn: #

• Structuring a docker-compose.yml file
• Defining services, networks, and volumes
• Scaling services for development/testing
• Making services talk to each other by name

🛠 Topics Covered: #

• Docker Compose syntax and service definitions
• Declaring DB containers (e.g., Postgres, MySQL)
• Health checks and restart policies
• Local development workflows with Compose
• Mounting source code with volumes: for live reloading