# Go language-specific guide — Configure Docker Compose

> In your application's directory, create a new text file named compose.yaml with the following content.

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In your application's directory, create a new text file named compose.yaml with the following content.

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```yaml
services:
  docker-gs-ping-roach:
    depends_on:
      - roach
    build:
      context: .
    container_name: rest-server
    hostname: rest-server
    networks:
      - mynet
    ports:
      - 80:8080
    environment:
      - PGUSER=${PGUSER:-totoro}
      - PGPASSWORD=${PGPASSWORD:?database password not set}
      - PGHOST=${PGHOST:-db}
      - PGPORT=${PGPORT:-26257}
      - PGDATABASE=${PGDATABASE:-mydb}
    deploy:
      restart_policy:
        condition: on-failure
  roach:
    image: cockroachdb/cockroach:latest-v25.4
    container_name: roach
    hostname: db
    networks:
      - mynet
    ports:
      - 26257:26257
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - roach:/cockroach/cockroach-data
    command: start-single-node --insecure

volumes:
  roach:

networks:
  mynet:
    driver: bridge
```

This Docker Compose configuration is super convenient as you don't have to type all the parameters to pass to the docker run command. You can declaratively do that in the Docker Compose file. The Docker Compose documentation pages are quite extensive and include a full reference for the Docker Compose file format.

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