Build service images from a Compose file with podman compose build
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Documented steps
cd into the Compose project directory.
Run `podman compose build` to build images for all services that declare a build: section.
Build only specific services: `podman compose build web db`.
Force a clean rebuild with `--no-cache`; pull latest base images with `--pull`.
Optionally tag and push: images are tagged per the file's image: name — push with `podman push`.
Docs: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-compose.1.html and https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
Known gotchas
Build uses the service's context and the BuildKit/Containerfile; podman builds with its own builder (via buildah), not Docker BuildKit.
Docker-only build features — advanced build arguments, custom BuildKit plugins, multi-stage features that depend on Docker syntax — may need adjustments for podman-compose.
Building inside a rootless podman machine on macOS/Windows copies the build context into the VM; bind-mounted contexts can be slow.
A docker/compose section with no image: name puts the built image under the project's local registry name; confirm with podman images.
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