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Docker Desktop with Docker Compose usage

All we have such a dashboard in Docker Desktop, where we can look at containers that were started with Docker-Compose.

At the picture below I have 3 containers that were started with one docker-compose1.yml (frontend, backend, db).

The fourth container db-v4 that was created via another docker-compose2.yml file.

So my question is -- How can I separate then into this dashboard? I have tried to use different networks, but this didn't work out.

For example, first container will be in one group and other three are in another group

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Solution

  • Normally it is sorted by project name. Per default the project name is the folder name where the yml-file is located. You may:

    • Use different folders for yml-files
    • Or set name by env:
    #.env.1 listing:
COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=MyProject1
#.env.2 listing:
COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=MyProject2
# Run with
docker-compose --env-file .env.1 -f project1.yml up
docker-compose --env-file .env.2 -f project2.yml up

    or using the --project-name flag, short -p

    # Run with
docker-compose -p MyProject1 -f project1.yml up
docker-compose -p MyProject2 -f project2.yml up

    By the way: It is not just optics. Docker uses this project name to share resources and handles it as one bundle. If they are separate logical units you SHOULD use different names.