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Running ddev without database

I want to set up a ddev (v1.5.2) project without a database. When I try to overwrite the image in a Docker-Compose YAML it stops with an error.

As suggested for the dba I have overwritten the db image in an additional docker-compose.database.yaml in the .ddev folder.

version: '3.6'

services:
  db:
    image: "busybox"

I expected it to start without the database and it does, but it seems to do a health check for the database which fails.

Failed to start sitzplan: db container failed: log=, err=container exited, please use 'ddev logs -s db` to find out why it failed

The project is running, but it's not working, because it won't run my post-start hooks, which are necessary. In that means I can't even ignore the error.

Solution

  • In order to skip running the database container, use

    omit_containers: [db]

    in your project .ddev/config.yaml

    See docs