Turns out you can use JSON with docker compose! It's a bit + lengthier than YAML, but you don't have to deal with weird + whitespace issues wasting half an hour of your time. Here's an + example of a docker compose file in JSON:
+{
+ "version": "3.8",
+ "services": {
+ "nginx": {
+ "image": "nginx:alpine",
+ "ports": [
+ "8080:80"
+ ],
+ "volumes": [
+ "./html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+}To use it, just run
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.json up instead of
+ docker-compose up. Or you can just write the JSON
+ in docker-compose.yaml like a madman. It'll work,
+ though if you do that, you're definitely a psychopath /s
P.S. If you want a GUI for it, then I'd recommend using aleiepure/devtoolbox + to convert JSON to YAML and vice-versa. It's also got a JSON + formatter and a ton of other tools, so I'd definitely + recommend installing it anyways.
+ + + diff --git a/til/using-json-with-docker-compose.md b/til/using-json-with-docker-compose.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f12d64 --- /dev/null +++ b/til/using-json-with-docker-compose.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# Using JSON with docker compose + +Turns out you can use JSON with docker compose! It's a bit lengthier than YAML, but you don't have to deal with weird whitespace issues wasting half an hour of your time. Here's an example of a docker compose file in JSON: + +```json +{ + "version": "3.8", + "services": { + "nginx": { + "image": "nginx:alpine", + "ports": [ + "8080:80" + ], + "volumes": [ + "./html:/usr/share/nginx/html" + ] + } + } +} +``` + +To use it, just run `docker-compose -f docker-compose.json up` instead of `docker-compose up`. Or you can just write the JSON in `docker-compose.yaml` like a madman. It'll work, though if you do that, you're definitely a psychopath /s + +P.S. If you want a GUI for it, then I'd recommend using [aleiepure/devtoolbox](https://github.com/aleiepure/devtoolbox) to convert JSON to YAML and vice-versa. It's also got a JSON formatter and a *ton* of other tools, so I'd definitely recommend installing it anyways.