Interactive shell using Docker Compose

Question

I was trying to start an interactive shell in a container using docker compose only.

I tried something like this

myapp:
  image: alpine:latest
  entrypoint: /bin/sh

When I start this container using docker using docker compose, it exits immediately.

Can someone help me out?

Answer 1

You need to include the following lines in your docker-compose.yml:

stdin_open: true
tty: true