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community.docker.docker_compose – Manage multi-container Docker applications with Docker Compose.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.docker collection (version 1.10.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.docker.docker_compose.
Synopsis
- Uses Docker Compose to start, shutdown and scale services. This module requires docker-compose < 2.0.0.
 - Configuration can be read from a 
docker-compose.ymlordocker-compose.yamlfile or inline using the definition option. - See the examples for more details.
 - Supports check mode.
 - This module was called 
docker_servicebefore Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change. 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Docker API >= 1.20
 - Docker SDK for Python: Please note that the docker-py Python module has been superseded by docker (see here for details). For Python 2.6, 
docker-pymust be used. Otherwise, it is recommended to install thedockerPython module. Note that both modules should not be installed at the same time. Also note that when both modules are installed and one of them is uninstalled, the other might no longer function and a reinstall of it is required. - Docker SDK for Python >= 1.8.0 (use docker-py for Python 2.6)
 - PyYAML >= 3.11
 - docker-compose >= 1.7.0, < 2.0.0
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "auto"
         | 
      
        
        The version of the Docker API running on the Docker Host.
        
       
        Defaults to the latest version of the API supported by Docker SDK for Python and the docker daemon.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_API_VERSION will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: docker_api_version  | 
     
| build
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  
       present to always build images prior to starting the application.
       
        Same as running  
       docker-compose build with the pull option.
       
        Images will only be rebuilt if Docker detects a change in the Dockerfile or build directory contents.
        
       
        Use the nocache option to ignore the image cache when performing the build.
        
       
        If an existing image is replaced, services using the image will be recreated unless recreate is  never.
        | 
     
| ca_cert
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Use a CA certificate when performing server verification by providing the path to a CA certificate file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file ca.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_ca_cert, cacert_path  | 
     |
| client_cert
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to the client's TLS certificate file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file cert.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_client_cert, cert_path  | 
     |
| client_key
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to the client's TLS key file.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task and the environment variable  
       DOCKER_CERT_PATH is set, the file key.pem from the directory specified in the environment variable DOCKER_CERT_PATH will be used.
       aliases: tls_client_key, key_path  | 
     |
| debug
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Debug mode
         | 
     
| definition
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Compose file describing one or more services, networks and volumes.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with project_src and files.
         | 
     |
| dependencies
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        When state is  present specify whether or not to include linked services.
        | 
     
| docker_host
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "unix://var/run/docker.sock"
         | 
      
        
        The URL or Unix socket path used to connect to the Docker API. To connect to a remote host, provide the TCP connection string. For example,  
       tcp://192.0.2.23:2376. If TLS is used to encrypt the connection, the module will automatically replace tcp in the connection URL with https.
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_HOST will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: docker_url  | 
     
| env_file
        
        path
        
       
        added in 1.9.0 of community.docker
         | 
      
        
        By default environment files are loaded from a  
       .env file located directly under the project_src directory.
       
        env_file can be used to specify the path of a custom environment file instead.
        
       
        The path is relative to the project_src directory.
        
       
        Requires  
       docker-compose version 1.25.0 or greater.
       
        Note:  docker-compose versions <=1.28 load the env file from the current working directory of the docker-compose command rather than project_src.
        | 
     |
| files
        
        list / elements=path
         | 
      
        
        List of Compose file names relative to project_src. Overrides  
       docker-compose.yml or docker-compose.yaml.
       
        Files are loaded and merged in the order given.
         | 
     |
| hostname_check
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether or not to check the Docker daemon's hostname against the name provided in the client certificate.
         | 
     
| nocache
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with the build option to ignore the cache during the image build process.
         | 
     
| profiles
        
        list / elements=string
        
       
        added in 1.8.0 of community.docker
         | 
      
        
        List of profiles to enable when starting services.
        
       
        Equivalent to  
       docker-compose --profile.
       
        Requires  docker-compose version 1.28.0 or greater.
        | 
     |
| project_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Provide a project name. If not provided, the project name is taken from the basename of project_src.
        
       
        Required when definition is provided.
         | 
     |
| project_src
        
        path
         | 
      
        
        Path to a directory containing a  
       docker-compose.yml or docker-compose.yaml file.
       
        Mutually exclusive with definition.
        
       
        Required when no definition is provided.
         | 
     |
| pull
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  
       present to always pull images prior to starting the application.
       
        Same as running  
       docker-compose pull.
       
        When a new image is pulled, services using the image will be recreated unless recreate is  never.
        | 
     
| recreate
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        By default containers will be recreated when their configuration differs from the service definition.
        
       
        Setting to  
       never ignores configuration differences and leaves existing containers unchanged.
       
        Setting to  always forces recreation of all existing containers.
        | 
     
| remove_images
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  absent to remove all images or only local images.
        | 
     
| remove_orphans
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file.
         | 
     
| remove_volumes
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  absent to remove data volumes.
        | 
     
| restarted
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  
       present to restart all containers defined in the Compose file.
       
        If services is defined, only the containers listed there will be restarted.
         | 
     
| scale
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        When state is  present scale services. Provide a dictionary of key/value pairs where the key is the name of the service and the value is an integer count for the number of containers.
        | 
     |
| services
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        When state is  
       present run docker-compose up resp. docker-compose stop (with stopped) resp. docker-compose restart (with restarted) on a subset of services.
       
        If empty, which is the default, the operation will be performed on all services defined in the Compose file (or inline definition).
         | 
     |
| ssl_version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Provide a valid SSL version number. Default value determined by ssl.py module.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  DOCKER_SSL_VERSION will be used instead.
        | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Desired state of the project.
        
       
        Specifying  
       present is the same as running docker-compose up resp. docker-compose stop (with stopped) resp. docker-compose restart (with restarted).
       
        Specifying  absent is the same as running docker-compose down.
        | 
     
| stopped
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use with state  
       present to stop all containers defined in the Compose file.
       
        If services is defined, only the containers listed there will be stopped.
        
       
        Requires  docker-compose version 1.17.0 or greater for full support. For older versions, the services will first be started and then stopped when the service is supposed to be created as stopped.
        | 
     
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        Timeout in seconds for container shutdown when attached or when containers are already running.
         | 
     
| tls
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Secure the connection to the API by using TLS without verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server. Note that if validate_certs is set to  
       yes as well, it will take precedence.
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  DOCKER_TLS will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
        | 
     
| tls_hostname
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        When verifying the authenticity of the Docker Host server, provide the expected name of the server.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       
        The current default value is  localhost. This default is deprecated and will change in community.docker 2.0.0 to be a value computed from docker_host. Explicitly specify localhost to make sure this value will still be used, and to disable the deprecation message which will be shown otherwise.
        | 
     |
| use_ssh_client
        
        boolean
        
       
        added in 1.5.0 of community.docker
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Currently ignored for this module, but might suddenly be supported later on.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Secure the connection to the API by using TLS and verifying the authenticity of the Docker host server.
        
       
        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable  
       DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY will be used instead. If the environment variable is not set, the default value will be used.
       aliases: tls_verify  | 
     
Notes
Note
- Connect to the Docker daemon by providing parameters with each task or by defining environment variables. You can define 
DOCKER_HOST,DOCKER_TLS_HOSTNAME,DOCKER_API_VERSION,DOCKER_CERT_PATH,DOCKER_SSL_VERSION,DOCKER_TLS,DOCKER_TLS_VERIFYandDOCKER_TIMEOUT. If you are using docker machine, run the script shipped with the product that sets up the environment. It will set these variables for you. See https://docs.docker.com/machine/reference/env/ for more details. - When connecting to Docker daemon with TLS, you might need to install additional Python packages. For the Docker SDK for Python, version 2.4 or newer, this can be done by installing 
docker[tls]with ansible.builtin.pip. - Note that the Docker SDK for Python only allows to specify the path to the Docker configuration for very few functions. In general, it will use 
$HOME/.docker/config.jsonif theDOCKER_CONFIGenvironment variable is not specified, and use$DOCKER_CONFIG/config.jsonotherwise. - This module uses the Docker SDK for Python to communicate with the Docker daemon.
 
Examples
# Examples use the django example at https://docs.docker.com/compose/django. Follow it to create the
# flask directory
- name: Run using a project directory
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: Tear down existing services
      community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        state: absent
    - name: Create and start services
      community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - name: Run `docker-compose up` again
      community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        build: no
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - ansible.builtin.assert:
        that: "not output.changed "
    - name: Stop all services
      community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        build: no
        stopped: yes
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - ansible.builtin.assert:
        that:
          - "not web.flask_web_1.state.running"
          - "not db.flask_db_1.state.running"
    - name: Restart services
      community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        build: no
        restarted: yes
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - ansible.builtin.assert:
        that:
          - "web.flask_web_1.state.running"
          - "db.flask_db_1.state.running"
- name: Scale the web service to 2
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        scale:
          web: 2
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
- name: Run with inline v2 compose
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        state: absent
    - community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_name: flask
        definition:
          version: '2'
          services:
            db:
              image: postgres
            web:
              build: "{{ playbook_dir }}/flask"
              command: "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
              volumes:
                - "{{ playbook_dir }}/flask:/code"
              ports:
                - "8000:8000"
              depends_on:
                - db
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - ansible.builtin.assert:
        that:
          - "web.flask_web_1.state.running"
          - "db.flask_db_1.state.running"
- name: Run with inline v1 compose
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_src: flask
        state: absent
    - community.docker.docker_compose:
        project_name: flask
        definition:
            db:
              image: postgres
            web:
              build: "{{ playbook_dir }}/flask"
              command: "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
              volumes:
                - "{{ playbook_dir }}/flask:/code"
              ports:
                - "8000:8000"
              links:
                - db
      register: output
    - ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: output
    - ansible.builtin.assert:
        that:
          - "web.flask_web_1.state.running"
          - "db.flask_db_1.state.running"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| actions
        
        complex
         | 
      when in check mode or debug is yes | 
      
        
        Provides the actions to be taken on each service as determined by compose.
          | 
     |||
| service_name
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Name of the service.
          | 
     |||
| action
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        A descriptive name of the action to be performed on the service's containers.
          | 
     |||
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        the container's long ID
          | 
     |||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        the container's name
          | 
     |||
| short_id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        the container's short ID
          | 
     |||
| built_image
        
        complex
         | 
      on image build | 
        
        Provides image details when a new image is built for the service.
          | 
     |||
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        image hash
          | 
     |||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        name of the image
          | 
     |||
| pulled_image
        
        complex
         | 
      on image pull | 
        
        Provides image details when a new image is pulled for the service.
          | 
     |||
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        image hash
          | 
     |||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        name of the image
          | 
     |||
| services
        
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        A dictionary mapping the service's name to a dictionary of containers.
          | 
     |||
| container_name
        
        complex
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of the container. Format is   project_service_#.
        | 
     |||
| cmd
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        One or more commands to be executed in the container.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['postgres']
         | 
     |||
| image
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Name of the image from which the container was built.
         Sample:
        
       
        postgres
         | 
     |||
| labels
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Meta data assigned to the container.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'...': None}
         | 
     |||
| networks
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Contains a dictionary for each network to which the container is a member.
          | 
     |||
| aliases
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Aliases assigned to the container by the network.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['db']
         | 
     |||
| globalIPv6
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        IPv6 address assigned to the container.
          | 
     |||
| globalIPv6PrefixLen
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        IPv6 subnet length.
          | 
     |||
| IPAddress
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The IP address assigned to the container.
         Sample:
        
       
        172.17.0.2
         | 
     |||
| IPPrefixLen
        
        integer
         | 
      success | 
        
        Number of bits used by the subnet.
         Sample:
        
       
        16
         | 
     |||
| links
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of container names to which this container is linked.
          | 
     |||
| macAddress
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Mac Address assigned to the virtual NIC.
         Sample:
        
       
        02:42:ac:11:00:02
         | 
     |||
| state
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Information regarding the current disposition of the container.
          | 
     |||
| running
        
        boolean
         | 
      success | 
        
        Whether or not the container is up with a running process.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     |||
| status
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        Description of the running state.
         Sample:
        
       
        running
         | 
     |||
Authors
- Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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