dcw

dcw is Docker Compose Wrapper to simplify everyday dev work with containers.

Why dcw?

To sum up, do you prefer to run this kind of command when you localy develop some service on your local machine:

docker-compose --file path/to/your/docker-compose.yml run --no-deps --service-ports \
--rm my-service my-service-command

or simply use this shorthand syntax:

dcw -p my-service-command

Requirements

Docker Engine Docker Compose

Installation

curl -o /usr/local/bin/dcw -fsSL https://github.com/rezzza/dcw/raw/master/dcw \
&& chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/dcw

Usage

Usage: dcw [OPTIONS] CMD

  A docker compose wrapper to simplify everyday dev work with containers

    -f, --file             Path to the docker compose file
    -s, --service          Name of docker compose service to run
    -p, --service-ports    Run command with the service's ports enabled and mapped
    -r, --run-options      Extra docker-compose run options (quote them)
    -h, --help             Display this usage description
    -v, --verbose          Display executed docker-compose command
    -d, --dry-run          Display docker-compose command aims to be executed
    -V, --version          Return dcw version

  You can also configure following environment variables, either putting then
  into a .dcw file in the current execution path of the command OR by
  exporting them.

    DCW_COMPOSE_FILE_PATH
    DCW_COMPOSE_DEFAULT_RUN_OPTIONS
    DCW_COMPOSE_SERVICE

  Most useful use cases examples:

    Run a simple command
    $ dcw ls /

    Run a command with some options
    $ dcw -- ls -lha /

    Run a command on a service which need to bind ports
    $ dcw -p npm start /

Advanced usage

When you're used to develop on some project repository, you probably want preset some options to not repeat yourself typing commands.

So you can simply create a .dcw file at the root of your repository.

.dcw file example:

cat > .dcw <<EOL
DCW_COMPOSE_FILE_PATH=docker/dev.myapp.mycompany/docker-compose.yml
DCW_COMPOSE_DEFAULT_RUN_OPTIONS="--rm --no-deps"
DCW_COMPOSE_SERVICE="app"
EOL