Docker Basics: Getting a compose service running

Published: Thu, Jun 5, 2025

Links:

• Offical Compose Docs
• How to install Docker Compose

Video Notes

Example Compose File

services:
  vaultwarden:
    image: vaultwarden/server:latest
    container_name: vaultwarden
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      DOMAIN: "https://vw.domain.tld"
    volumes:
      - ./vw-data/:/data/
    ports:
      - 80:80

Docker Volumes

As the Docker docs define it, “Volumes are persistent data stores for containers, created and managed by Docker.”. You can think of them like a file shared folder between the host system, and inside of that container.