How to run docker-compose up -d at system start up?
DockerDocker ComposeDocker Problem Overview
To let the containers autostart at startup point, I tried to add the command:
cd directory_has_docker-compose.yml && docker-compose up -d
in /etc/rc.local.
but then after I reboot the machine, the containers not work.
How run docker-compose up -d
at system start up?
Docker Solutions
Solution 1 - Docker
When we use crontab
or the deprecated /etc/rc.local
file, we need a delay (e.g. sleep 10
, depending on the machine) to make sure that system services are available. Usually, systemd
(or upstart
) is used to manage which services start when the system boots. You can try use the similar configuration for this:
# /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose-app.service
[Unit]
Description=Docker Compose Application Service
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
WorkingDirectory=/srv/docker
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up -d
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down
TimeoutStartSec=0
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Or, if you want run without the -d
flag:
# /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose-app.service
[Unit]
Description=Docker Compose Application Service
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/srv/docker
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down
TimeoutStartSec=0
Restart=on-failure
StartLimitIntervalSec=60
StartLimitBurst=3
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Change the WorkingDirectory
parameter with your dockerized project path. And enable the service to start automatically:
systemctl enable docker-compose-app
Solution 2 - Docker
You should be able to add:
restart: always
to every service you want to restart in the docker-compose.yml
file.
See: https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/master/spec.md#restart
Solution 3 - Docker
If your docker.service
enabled on system startup
$ sudo systemctl enable docker
and your services in your docker-compose.yml
has
restart: always
all of the services run when you reboot your system if you run below command only once
docker-compose up -d
Solution 4 - Docker
I tried restart: always
, it works at some containers(like php-fpm), but i faced the problem that some containers(like nginx) is still not restarting after reboot.
Solved the problem.
crontab -e
@reboot (sleep 30s ; cd directory_has_dockercomposeyml ; /usr/local/bin/docker-compose up -d )&
Solution 5 - Docker
Use restart: always in your docker compose file.
Docker-compose up -d
will launch container from images again. Use docker-compose start
to start the stopped containers, it never launches new containers from images.
nginx:
restart: always
image: nginx
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443" links:
- other_container:other_container
Also you can write the code up in the docker file so that it gets created first, if it has the dependency of other containers.
Solution 6 - Docker
As an addition to user39544
's answer, one more type of syntax for crontab -e
:
@reboot sleep 60 && /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -f /path_to_your_project/docker-compose.yml up -d
Solution 7 - Docker
restart: unless-stopped
> docker-compose.yml