title: "Docker Compose Multi-Container Deployment" description: "From single container to multi-service architecture with Docker Compose." duration: "90 minutes" difficulty: "Intermediate"

Docker Compose Multi-Container Deployment

What You Will Learn

  • Docker Compose YAML syntax
  • Multi-service dependency management
  • Volume and Network configuration
  • Environment variables and .env
  • Hands-On: Three-tier architecture deployment

Course Outline

| Chapter | Topic | Key Points | |:-------:|-------|------------| | 1 | Compose YAML | services, ports, environment, depends_on | | 2 | Multi-service | Frontend + Backend + Database orchestration | | 3 | Dev vs Prod | Multi-YAML overlay, env separation | | 4 | Networks & Volumes | Service isolation, data persistence | | 5 | VPS Deployment | Cloud server deployment


Why Docker Compose?

In production, you rarely run a single container. Compose lets you define all services in one YAML and start everything with one command.