diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..24fa8875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S bash -x -c 'docker compose --file docker-compose.yml up --detach'
+
+#region commands -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#$ docker compose --file docker-compose.yml up --detach
+#$ docker compose --file docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans -v --rmi local
+
+#$ docker exec --tty --interactive --privileged petl-xxxxxx /bin/bash
+
+#$ docker exec -it petl-postgres psql -U petl --dbname=petl
+#$ docker exec -it petl-msyql mysql --user=petl --database=petl --password=test
+
+#endregion -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#region docker composer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+---
+services:
+  postgres:
+    container_name: petl-postgres
+    hostname: petl_postgres
+    image: postgres:latest
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=petl
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test
+      - POSTGRES_DB=petl
+      - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=password
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432/tcp"
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "psql", "--host=localhost", "--username=petl", "--dbname=petl", "-c", "select 1 as ok"]
+      interval: 20s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 2s
+
+  mysql:
+    container_name: petl-mysql
+    hostname: petl_mysql
+    image: mysql:latest
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306/tcp"
+      - "33060:33060/tcp"
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: "petl"
+      MYSQL_USER: "petl"
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "test"
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "pass0"
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin" ,"ping", "-h", "localhost"]
+      interval: 20s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 2s
+
+  samba:
+    container_name: petl-samba
+    hostname: petl_samba
+    image: dperson/samba
+    ports:
+      - "137:137/udp"
+      - "138:138/udp"
+      - "139:139/tcp"
+      - "445:445/tcp"
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt:/mnt:z
+      - /mnt2:/mnt2:z
+    command: '-s "public;/mnt;yes;no;yes;all" -s "mount2;/mnt2" -u "petl;test" -p'
+
+  sftp:
+    container_name: petl-sftp
+    hostname: petl_sftp
+    image: atmoz/sftp
+    ports:
+      - "22:22/tcp"
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    command: 'petl:test:::public'
+
+#endregion -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 07d1ed98..867a9f1b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ commands =
     sphinx-build -W -b singlehtml -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees .  _build/singlehtml
 
 [testenv:remote]
-# Create test containers with the following commands:
-# docker run -it --name samba -p 139:139 -p 445:445 -d "dperson/samba" -p -u "petl;test" -s "public;/public-dir;yes;no;yes;all"
-# docker run -it --name sftp -p 22:22 -d atmoz/sftp petl:test:::public
+#? Create individual containers with the following commands:
+#$ docker run -it --name samba -p 139:139 -p 445:445 -d "dperson/samba" -p -u "petl;test" -s "public;/public-dir;yes;no;yes;all"
+#$ docker run -it --name sftp -p 22:22 -d atmoz/sftp petl:test:::public
+#? Or create both with:
+#$ docker compose up --detach samba sftp
+#? Stop and remove the containers with:
+#$ docker compose down --remove-orphans -v --rmi local
 setenv =
     {[testenv]setenv}
     PETL_TEST_SMB=smb://WORKGROUP;petl:test@localhost/public/
@@ -52,9 +56,11 @@ deps =
     -rrequirements-remote.txt
 
 [testenv:database]
-# Create test containers with the following commands:
-# docker run -it --name mysql -p 3306:3306 -p 33060:33060 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=pass0 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petl -e MYSQL_USER=petl -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=test -d mysql:latest
-# docker run -it --name postgres -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_DB=petl -e POSTGRES_USER=petl -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test -d postgres:latest
+#? Create individual test containers with the following commands:
+#$ docker run -it --name mysql -p 3306:3306 -p 33060:33060 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=pass0 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petl -e MYSQL_USER=petl -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=test -d mysql:latest
+#$ docker run -it --name postgres -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_DB=petl -e POSTGRES_USER=petl -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=test -d postgres:latest
+#? Or create both with:
+#$ docker compose up --detach mysql postgres
 setenv =
     {[testenv]setenv}
 commands =
@@ -63,6 +69,23 @@ deps =
     -rrequirements-tests.txt
     -rrequirements-database.txt
 
+[testenv:compose]
+#? Create test containers and run tests with the following commands:
+#$ tox -e compose
+setenv =
+    {[testenv:remote]setenv}
+allowlist_externals =
+    docker
+commands =
+    docker compose up --detach
+    pytest --cov=petl --cov-report lcov:lcov.info petl
+    coverage report -m
+    docker compose down --remove-orphans -v --rmi local
+deps =
+    {[testenv]deps}
+    {[testenv:remote]deps}
+    {[testenv:database]deps}
+
 [testenv:mysqldb]
 basepython = python2.7
 setenv =