Simple Installer for Docker Compose on Container-Optimized OS on Google Computing Engine

docker-compose-installer-for-container-optimized-os-on-gce.md

Simple Installer for Docker Compose on Container-Optimized OS on Google Computing Engine

The easiest way to make Docker Compose available on Container-Optimized OS on Google Compute Engine (GCE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This is minimal Bash script version of Community Tutorial.

How to use

Simply, download installer.sh, run it, and then reload bash by source ~/.bashrc or re-login.

By default, 1.27.4 will be retrieved, but you can specify any version as an argument.

• Install default version

curl -O https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kurokobo/25e41503eb060fee8d8bec1dd859eff3/raw/0d7cd29472f0eaa26ce424071456ad84b24fb318/installer.sh
bash ./installer.sh
source ~/.bashrc
docker-compose version

• Install specific version

curl -O https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kurokobo/25e41503eb060fee8d8bec1dd859eff3/raw/0d7cd29472f0eaa26ce424071456ad84b24fb318/installer.sh
bash ./installer.sh 1.27.3
source ~/.bashrc
docker-compose version

Or you can invoke directly.

• Install default version

curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kurokobo/25e41503eb060fee8d8bec1dd859eff3/raw/0d7cd29472f0eaa26ce424071456ad84b24fb318/installer.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc
docker-compose version

• Install specific version

curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kurokobo/25e41503eb060fee8d8bec1dd859eff3/raw/0d7cd29472f0eaa26ce424071456ad84b24fb318/installer.sh | bash /dev/stdin 1.27.3
source ~/.bashrc
docker-compose version

installer.sh

#!/bin/bash
VERSION=${1:-1.27.4}

echo "* Add an alias for docker-compose to the shell configuration file ..."
echo alias docker-compose="'"'docker run --rm \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v "$PWD:$PWD" \
    -w="$PWD" \
    docker/compose:'"${VERSION}"''"'" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "* Pull container image for docker-compose ..."
docker pull docker/compose:${VERSION}

echo "* Done"
echo "* To use docker-compose, run 'source ~/.bashrc' or simply re-login"