LOC-40 ⁃ Use docker-compose.yml for autostart: true

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The current implementation depends on user having to install localstack binary on their machine since it uses the following command (https://github.com/localstack/serverless-localstack/blob/master/src/index.js#L332) to start docker container.

localstack infra start --docker

This repo comes with a docker-compose.yml but it's not used at all.

IMHO, when auto-starting it should use the docker-compose.yml as the default way to start docker container. The reason being, I want to use locastack but I don't want to install the binary locally on my machine. That's the essence of using docker containers.

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➤ ChunTing Wu commented:

I also face this problem. I am wondering if you solve this.

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➤ Azizur Rahman commented:

I also face this problem. I am wondering if you solve this.

I have actually decided for my use case, I could live without localstack. I guess I did not have time to explore this more since maintainers on the project did not comment.

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➤ Waldemar Hummer commented:

Thanks for reporting azizur wirelessr , and apologies for the delay. Please note that pull requests are highly welcomed and encouraged, if you'd like to see a certain functionality being added!

To explore your proposal a bit more - I guess we could add a configuration switch that allows users to define whether they want to use the localstack command line versus the docker-compose command. (Please note that not all users may have docker-compose installed, either).

wirelessr Do you think you could try to create a pull request to add this functionality? We'd be happy to provide help and guidance, as needed. Thanks for your help!