madoc-docker-ops

Managing a Docker Compose stack involves building, starting, stopping, and inspecting containers across services. It simplifies local orchestration and reduces manual toil during development and testing.

Debugging processes inside a Docker container using PM2 requires running PM2 inside the specific service container. This allows you to manage and fine-tune internal process execution alongside frontend rebuilds for volume-mounted assets.

Yes, you need a running Docker daemon with docker-compose support to automate builds and deployments. The daemon provides the underlying container runtime environment required to execute and inspect the stack services.

The best way to inspect container health and tail logs is through automated stack inspection commands. This verifies service health and outputs logs across components like gateways, application servers, and databases.

Rebuilding frontend assets mounted as volumes in a Docker Compose stack requires triggering frontend rebuilds from within the application container. This updates the mounted assets dynamically while the services remain running.

Your Docker Compose stack fails to start because the tool requires an active Docker daemon with docker-compose support. Without the daemon, the runtime environment cannot build images or execute the service containers.