docker compose run


Run a one-off command on a service.

Usage

$ docker compose run [OPTIONS] SERVICE [COMMAND] [ARGS...]

Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS for this command.

Description

Runs a one-time command against a service.

the following command starts the web service and runs bash as its command:

$ docker compose run web bash

Commands you use with run start in new containers with configuration defined by that of the service, including volumes, links, and other details. However, there are two important differences:

First, the command passed by run overrides the command defined in the service configuration. For example, if the web service configuration is started with bash, then docker compose run web python app.py overrides it with python app.py.

The second difference is that the docker compose run command does not create any of the ports specified in the service configuration. This prevents port collisions with already-open ports. If you do want the service’s ports to be created and mapped to the host, specify the --service-ports

$ docker compose run --service-ports web python manage.py shell

Alternatively, manual port mapping can be specified with the --publish or -p options, just as when using docker run:

$ docker compose run --publish 8080:80 -p 2022:22 -p 127.0.0.1:2021:21 web python manage.py shell

If you start a service configured with links, the run command first checks to see if the linked service is running and starts the service if it is stopped. Once all the linked services are running, the run executes the command you passed it. For example, you could run:

$ docker compose run db psql -h db -U docker

This opens an interactive PostgreSQL shell for the linked db container.

If you do not want the run command to start linked containers, use the --no-deps flag:

$ docker compose run --no-deps web python manage.py shell

If you want to remove the container after running while overriding the container’s restart policy, use the --rm flag:

$ docker compose run --rm web python manage.py db upgrade

This runs a database upgrade script, and removes the container when finished running, even if a restart policy is specified in the service configuration.

Options

Name, shorthand Default Description
--build Build image before starting container.
--detach , -d Run container in background and print container ID
--entrypoint Override the entrypoint of the image
--env , -e Set environment variables
--interactive , -i true Keep STDIN open even if not attached.
--label , -l Add or override a label
--name Assign a name to the container
--no-TTY , -T true Disable pseudo-TTY allocation (default: auto-detected).
--no-deps Don’t start linked services.
--publish , -p Publish a container’s port(s) to the host.
--quiet-pull Pull without printing progress information.
--remove-orphans Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file.
--rm Automatically remove the container when it exits
--service-ports Run command with the service’s ports enabled and mapped to the host.
--use-aliases Use the service’s network useAliases in the network(s) the container connects to.
--user , -u Run as specified username or uid
--volume , -v Bind mount a volume.
--workdir , -w Working directory inside the container
--dry-run Execute command in dry run mode

Parent command

Command Description
docker compose Docker Compose
Command Description
docker compose build Build or rebuild services
docker compose config Parse, resolve and render compose file in canonical format
docker compose cp Copy files/folders between a service container and the local filesystem
docker compose create Creates containers for a service.
docker compose down Stop and remove containers, networks
docker compose events Receive real time events from containers.
docker compose exec Execute a command in a running container.
docker compose images List images used by the created containers
docker compose kill Force stop service containers.
docker compose logs View output from containers
docker compose ls List running compose projects
docker compose pause Pause services
docker compose port Print the public port for a port binding.
docker compose ps List containers
docker compose pull Pull service images
docker compose push Push service images
docker compose restart Restart service containers
docker compose rm Removes stopped service containers
docker compose run Run a one-off command on a service.
docker compose start Start services
docker compose stop Stop services
docker compose top Display the running processes
docker compose unpause Unpause services
docker compose up Create and start containers
docker compose version Show the Docker Compose version information