devilbox/docs/configuration-files/docker-compose-override-yml.rst

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.. _docker_compose_override_yml:
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docker-compose.override.yml
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The ``docker-compose.override.yml`` is the configuration file where you can override existing settings from ``docker-compose.yml`` or even add completely new services.
By default, this file does not exist and you must create it. You can either copy the existing ``docker-compose.override.yml-example`` or create a new one.
**Table of Contents**
.. contents:: :local:
.. seealso:: Official Docker documentation: `Share Compose configurations between files and projects <https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends>`_
Create docker-compose.override.yml
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Copy example file
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.. code-block:: bash
host> cd path/to/devilbox
host> cp docker-compose.override.yml-example docker-compose.override.yml
Create new file from scratch
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1. Create an empty file within the Devilbox git directory named ``docker-compose.override.yml``
2. Retrieve the currently used version from the existing ``docker-compose.yml`` file
3. Copy this version line to your newly created ``docker-compose.override.yml`` at the very top
.. code-block:: bash
# Create an empty file
host> cd path/to/devilbox
host> touch docker-compose.override.yml
# Retrieve the current version
host> grep ^version docker-compose.yml
version: '2.1'
# Add this version line to docker-compose.override.yml
host> echo "version: '2.1'" > docker-compose.override.yml
Let's see again how this file should look like now:
.. code-block:: yaml
:name: docker-compose.override.yml
:caption: docker-compose.override.yml
version: '2.1'
.. note::
The documentation might be outdated and the version number might already be higher.
Rely on the output of the ``grep`` command.
Further reading
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To dive deeper into this topic and see how to actually add new services or overwrite existing
services follow the below listed links:
.. seealso::
* :ref:`add_your_own_docker_image`
* :ref:`overwrite_existing_docker_image`