Project: Docker Compose (App Definition and Development / Application Definition & Image Build)
File: compose_up.md

<!MARKERGENSTART--> Create and start containers | Name | Type | Default | Description | |:-|:--|:|:-| | `--abort-on-container-exit` | | | Stops all containers if any container was stopped. Incompatible with -d | | `--abort-on-container-failure` | | | Stops all containers if any container exited with failure. Incompatible with -d | | `--always-recreate-deps` | | | Recreate dependent containers. Incompatible with --no-recreate. | | `--attach` | `stringArray` | | Restrict attaching to the specified services. Incompatible with --attach-dependencies. | | `--attach-dependencies` | | | Automatically attach to log output of dependent services | | `--build` | | | Build images before starting containers | | `-d`, `--detach` | | | Detached mode: Run containers in the background | | `--dry-run` | | | Execute command in dry run mode | | `--exit-code-from` | `string` | | Return the exit code of the selected service container. Implies --abort-on-container-exit | | `--force-recreate` | | | Recreate containers even if their configuration and image haven't changed | | `--menu` | | | Enable interactive shortcuts when running attached. Incompatible with --detach. Can also be enable/disable by setting COMPOSE_MENU environment var. | | `--no-attach` | `stringArray` | | Do not attach (stream logs) to the specified services | | `--no-build` | | | Don't build an image, even if it's policy | | `--no-color` | | | Produce monochrome output | | `--no-deps` | | | Don't start linked services | | `--no-log-prefix` | | | Don't print prefix in logs | | `--no-recreate` | | | If containers already exist, don't recreate them. Incompatible with

| | `--no-start` | | | Don't start the services after creating them | | `--pull` | `string` | `policy` | Pull image before running ("always"\|"missing"\|"never") | | `--quiet-pull` | | | Pull without printing progress information | | `--remove-orphans` | | | Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file | | `-V`, `--renew-anon-volumes` | | | Recreate anonymous volumes instead of retrieving data from the previous containers | | `--scale` | `stringArray` | | Scale SERVICE to NUM instances. Overrides the `scale` setting in the Compose file if present. | | `-t`, `--timeout` | `int` | `0` | Use this timeout in seconds for container shutdown when attached or when containers are already running | | `--timestamps` | | | Show timestamps | | `--wait` | | | Wait for services to be running\|healthy. Implies detached mode. | | `--wait-timeout` | `int` | `0` | Maximum duration to wait for the project to be running\|healthy | | `-w`, `--watch` | | | Watch source code and rebuild/refresh containers when files are updated. | <!MARKERGENEND--> Builds, (re)creates, starts, and attaches to containers for a service. Unless they are already running, this command also starts any linked services. The `docker compose up` command aggregates the output of each container (like `docker compose logs --follow` does). One can optionally select a subset of services to attach to using `--attach` flag, or exclude some services using `--no-attach` to prevent output to be flooded by some verbose services. When the command exits, all containers are stopped. Running `docker compose up --detach` starts the containers in the background and leaves them running. If there are existing containers for a service, and the services configuration or image was changed after the containers creation, `docker compose up` picks up the changes by stopping and recreating the containers (preserving mounted volumes). To prevent Compose from picking up changes, use the `--no-recreate` flag. If you want to force Compose to stop and recreate all containers, use the `--force-recreate` flag. If the process encounters an error, the exit code for this command is `1`. If the process is interrupted using `SIGINT` (ctrl + C) or `SIGTERM`, the containers are stopped, and the exit code is `0`.