# Deploy a stack to a swarm — Deploy the stack to the swarm

> Create the stack with docker stack deploy Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker stack deploy --compose-file compose.yaml stackdemo Ignoring unsupported options: build Creating network stackdemo_default Creating service stackdemo_web Creating service

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## Knowledge

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Create the stack with docker stack deploy

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker stack deploy --compose-file compose.yaml stackdemo

    Ignoring unsupported options: build

    Creating network stackdemo_default
    Creating service stackdemo_web
    Creating service stackdemo_redis
```

Check that it's running with docker stack services stackdemo

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker stack services stackdemo

    ID            NAME             MODE        REPLICAS  IMAGE
    orvjk2263y1p  stackdemo_redis  replicated  1/1       redis:3.2-alpine@sha256:f1ed3708f538b537eb9c2a7dd50dc90a706f7debd7e1196c9264edeea521a86d
    s1nf0xy8t1un  stackdemo_web    replicated  1/1       127.0.0.1:5000/stackdemo@sha256:adb070e0805d04ba2f92c724298370b7a4eb19860222120d43e0f6351ddbc26f
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ curl http://localhost:8000
    Hello World! I have been seen 1 times.

    $ curl http://localhost:8000
    Hello World! I have been seen 2 times.

    $ curl http://localhost:8000
    Hello World! I have been seen 3 times.
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ curl http://address-of-other-node:8000
    Hello World! I have been seen 4 times.
```

Bring the stack down with docker stack rm

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker stack rm stackdemo

    Removing service stackdemo_web
    Removing service stackdemo_redis
    Removing network stackdemo_default
```

Bring the registry down with docker service rm

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker service rm registry
```

If you're just testing things out on a local machine and want to bring your Docker Engine out of Swarm mode, use docker swarm leave

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker swarm leave --force

    Node left the swarm.
```

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