By default, a Docker Compose starts the services in the foreground mode just like a docker run command.
To run the Docker Compose in the background, a docker-compose up command should be started with the -d or --detach option.
In this short note i am showing how to run the Docker Compose in the detached mode.
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Docker Compose Detached
Run the docker compose up command in the detached mode (in the background):
docker-compose up -d - or - docker-compose up --detach
The command above starts the containers in the background and prints the new container names.
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