If I run
docker-compose ps
in my project I get a list of containers with Name, Command, State and Ports specified. Name looks like this:
prefix_real_container_name_1
If I use the full name to execute commands like:
docker-compose stop prefix_real_container_name_1
then I get an error:
No such service: prefix_real_container_name_1
But the following works:
docker-compose stop real_container_name
What is going on here?
Using docker-compose to access your containers will always require to pass a service name as a parameter, currently no way to change that.
But you can use container_name keyword in your compose file like this:
services:
random_service:
container_name: random_service
# other definitions
explicitly naming the container the same as your service name (like random_service) so that it'll appear the same in docker ps and docker-compose ps and you'll be able to address it the same from:
$ docker stop random_service
and
docker-compose stop random_service
Docker compose is adding some text pre- and postfixes to avoid collision with other containers name, like if you run two containers with node then without unique name them you and docker would have problems recognizing them
