Mount a volume in docker-compose conditionally
Since extend
has been removed in version 3 there's a new way of overriding settings by providing multiple -f params where the next file extends the previous config
The docs are mixed between versions https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends/#multiple-compose-files
i.e. to run in development mode
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml
Where docker-compose.yml
contains the full config and docker-compose.dev.yml
only adds a volume
services:
serviceA:
volumes:
-.:/usr/local/abc/service
Instead of (not) mounting a volume commenting out that line, I would use https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends/#example-use-case to run a service extension that specifies a volume.
I do this to tackle two different problems:
- I don't specify a volume when the docker image is meant to run in production and has all the necessary files bundled in it.
- I specify a volume during development, to check live changes.