Waymark / Routes / docs.docker.com Use Docker Compose profiles to conditionally start a subset of services
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Documented steps Tag optional services with a profiles list in compose.yml so they do not start by default Keep core services unprofiled so docker compose up always starts them Enable a profile at startup: docker compose --profile debug up Or set the COMPOSE_PROFILES env var: COMPOSE_PROFILES=debug docker compose up Enable several at once with multiple --profile flags or a comma list in COMPOSE_PROFILES Activate every profile with docker compose --profile '*' up Stop a profile group with docker compose --profile debug down Known gotchas Services without a profiles attribute always start; profiled services start only when their profile is active Explicitly targeting a service (docker compose run svc) auto-activates its profile for that run docker compose down without flags stops only unprofiled services, which surprises newcomers If a profiled service is a dependency of an unprofiled one, that dependency must be in the same profile, started separately, or unassigned Profile names must match [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+ Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/compose/how-tos/profiles/
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