# docker compose create

**Description:** Creates containers for a service

**Usage:** `docker compose create [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]`










## Description

Creates containers for a service


## Options

| Option | Default | Description |
|--------|---------|-------------|
| `--build` |  |  Build images before starting containers |
| `--force-recreate` |  |  Recreate containers even if their configuration and image haven't changed<br> |
| `--no-build` |  |  Don't build an image, even if it's policy |
| `--no-recreate` |  |  If containers already exist, don't recreate them. Incompatible with --force-recreate.<br> |
| `--pull` | `policy` |  Pull image before running ("always"|"missing"|"never"|"build") |
| `--quiet-pull` |  |  Pull without printing progress information |
| `--remove-orphans` |  |  Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file |
| `--scale` |  |  Scale SERVICE to NUM instances. Overrides the `scale` setting in the Compose file if present.<br> |
| `-y`, `--yes` |  |  Assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively |