How Compose works — Illustrative example
The following example illustrates the Compose concepts outlined above.
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The following example illustrates the Compose concepts outlined above. The example is non-normative.
Consider an application split into a frontend web application and a backend service.
The frontend is configured at runtime with an HTTP configuration file managed by infrastructure, providing an external domain name, and an HTTPS server certificate injected by the platform's secured secret store.
The backend stores data in a persistent volume.
Both services communicate with each other on an isolated back-tier network, while the frontend is also connected to a front-tier network and exposes port 443 for external usage.
Compose application example
The example application is composed of the following parts
Two services, backed by Docker images: webapp and database One secret (HTTPS certificate), injected into the frontend One configuration (HTTP), injected into the frontend One persis
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