How to Install Docker Compose on Alpine Linux Latest

Docker Compose is a tool that allows you to define and run multi-container Docker applications. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Docker Compose on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you can begin, you need to ensure that you have some prerequisites in place:

• An Alpine Linux Latest instance.
• Superuser privileges.

Step 1 - Install Docker

First, you need to install Docker on the Alpine Linux Latest instance. Use the following command to install Docker:

sudo apk add docker

After the installation completes, start the Docker service:

sudo service docker start

Lastly, enable the Docker service to start automatically at boot:

sudo rc-update add docker

Step 2 - Install Docker Compose

Next, you need to install Docker Compose on the Alpine Linux Latest instance. Use the following command to download the latest version of Docker Compose:

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

After the download completes, make Docker Compose executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

You can now verify that Docker Compose has been installed correctly by running the following command:

docker-compose --version

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Docker Compose on Alpine Linux Latest. Now that you have Docker Compose installed, you can start to create and manage multi-container Docker applications with ease.