Enable "progress plain" in docker-compose file

Question

When I run a build using docker-compose build --progress plain, it shows more useful information during the build than the default BuildKit output.

Is there a way to embed the plain progress option into the docker-compose.yml file itself so I can just call docker-compose build and still get the better output?

I tried adding these build args, but none of them seemed to work:

build:
    args:
        #progress: plain  
        #- progress=plain  
        #- progress plain  
        #BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain  
        #- BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain

hasnat · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-08 13:41:38Z

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Where you don't want to disable buildkit, one can use

BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker compose build
# or
BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker-compose build

or without buildkit which serves plain progress by default

DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 docker compose build
# or
DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 docker-compose build

using docker desktop 20.10.8 + docker-compose 2.0.1

edited Jun 8, 2023 at 13:41

answered Oct 8, 2021 at 18:55

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enriqueojedalara Over a year ago

This works for me! Last comment I had the same issue than @Artfaith services.app.build Additional property progress is not allowed

Arda Over a year ago

This works in macOS in 2024 as well!

hasnat Apr 17 at 15:19

I noticed they now have deprecated DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 Docker Desktop 4.40.0 (docker 28.0.4) DEPRECATED: The legacy builder is depreca ted and will be removed in a future release. BuildKit is currently disabled; enable it by removing the DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 environment-variable.

TopCoder2000 Jul 21 at 11:20

COMPOSE_PROGRESS=plain instead of DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 worked in my case (Docker 28.3.2, Docker Compose v2.38.2-desktop.1).

Alexred · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-19 04:18:24Z

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For Compose V2. Refer to: Compose V2

Here is command originally shared by hasnat but modified to ComposeV2:

BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker compose build

edited Jul 19, 2023 at 4:18

answered May 14, 2023 at 6:20

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msanford · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-14 16:47:37Z

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Even though it seems like it ought to be possible looking at the current implementation of docker-compose, notably the _CLIBuilder which is invoked over the services dict's build method.

However, no such similarly-named key exists in the configuration schema.

So it appears that you can't, at least not yet.

Incidentally, from the above, I'd expect to eventually find it here

services:
    build:
        progress: plain

rather than the args: child key.

answered May 14, 2021 at 16:47

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AndrewKS Over a year ago

My workaround is to have docker-compose.yml reference the image image: image-name rather than doing build as part of compose. Then use a wrapper script that calls docker build --progress plain -t image-name && docker-compose up

Serious Angel Over a year ago

Just in case, currently, it still returns: services.app.build Additional property progress is not allowed.

Adán Escobar · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-02 12:51:14Z

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apparently it is not possible using compose file, but if you need it to be done always like this, you can write a wrapper:

docker-compose(){
        echo "[WARNING] runnig wrapper docker-compose..."
        if [ "$1" == "build" ]; then
            /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $@ --progress plain
        else
            /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $@
        fi
}

add this code to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile

then you can use it as usual

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edited Mar 2, 2023 at 12:51

answered Feb 28, 2023 at 13:04

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Amin Shojaei · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-10 07:30:31Z

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It seems the docker-compose.yaml accepts an args field:

version: "3.8"
services:
  main:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: se/Dockerfile
      args:
        progress: plain

answered Mar 10, 2022 at 7:30

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