tldr/pages/common/docker-compose-up.md

docker compose up

Start and run Docker services defined in a Compose file. More information: https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/up/.

• Start all services defined in the docker-compose file:

docker compose up

• Start services in the background (detached mode):

docker compose up {{[-d|--detach]}}

• Start services and rebuild images before starting:

docker compose up --build

• Start specific services only:

docker compose up {{service1 service2 ...}}

• Start services with custom compose file:

docker compose {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/config}} up

• Start services and remove orphaned containers:

docker compose up --remove-orphans

• Start services with scaled instances:

docker compose up --scale {{service}}={{count}}

• Start services and show logs with timestamps:

docker compose up --timestamps