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azlin compose

Multi-VM Docker Compose orchestration across azlin VMs.

Description

Deploy and manage multi-container applications using Docker Compose across multiple azlin VMs. Coordinate services, share networks, and manage distributed applications.

Usage

azlin compose [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Commands

Command Description
up Start services across VMs
down Stop services across VMs
ps Show running services
logs View service logs
exec Execute command in service container

Examples

Deploy Multi-VM Application

# Create compose config
cat > docker-compose-azlin.yaml << 'EOF'
version: '3.8'
services:
  web:
    image: nginx:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    deploy:
      vm: web-vm-001

  api:
    image: myapp/api:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    deploy:
      vm: api-vm-001

  db:
    image: postgres:15
    deploy:
      vm: db-vm-001
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret
EOF

# Deploy across VMs
azlin compose up -f docker-compose-azlin.yaml

Scale Services

# Scale web service to 3 instances
azlin compose scale web=3

# Distributes across: web-vm-001, web-vm-002, web-vm-003

View Status

azlin compose ps

Output: 

SERVICE   VM            STATUS    PORTS
web       web-vm-001    Running   0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp
api       api-vm-001    Running   0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp
db        db-vm-001     Running   5432/tcp

Common Workflows

Microservices Architecture

# Deploy microservices across VMs
azlin compose up -f microservices-compose.yaml

# Rolling updates
azlin compose up --no-deps --build web
azlin compose up --no-deps --build api

Development Cluster

# Create 3-tier app
azlin new --name frontend --template web-tier
azlin new --name backend --template api-tier
azlin new --name database --template db-tier

# Deploy compose stack
azlin compose -f dev-stack.yaml up

See Also