Configure the json-file logging driver with log rotation for a Docker Compose service

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Documented steps

  1. Add a `logging:` block to the service in compose.yaml. The `driver` name selects the driver and `options` carries driver-specific key-value pairs.
  2. Set json-file rotation: `logging: {driver: json-file, options: {max-size: "10m", max-file: "3"}}`. max-size caps each log file, max-file sets the number of rotated files kept.
  3. Enable compression of rotated files with `options: {compress: "true"}`.
  4. Run `docker compose up -d` and verify with `docker compose logs <svc>` and `docker inspect <container> --format '{{.HostConfig.LogConfig.Type}}'` shows json-file with the options.

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