How to docker-compose in thirty seconds.

Simply make a file called

compose.yaml

Then paste in the text from your application’s docker-compose instructions.

Often the timezone needs to be set, along with the volume

Example:

volume: /mnt/hdd/data:/data

This means the application’s data directory will be mounted at /mnt/hdd/data

Then

docker compose up -d

You’re done, that’s all there is.

docker-compose is fantastic because in a single compose.yaml file you can list multiple services.

For example, my compose.yaml file contains my sonarr/radarr/bazarr/lidarr/prowlarr/qbittorrent/deemix/jellyfish/jellyseerr

And I can update them all by running a shell script made of three lines.