# Deploy a stack to a swarm — Test the app with Compose

> Start the app with docker compose up. This builds the web app image, pulls the Redis image if you don't already have it, and creates two containers. Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker compose up -d WARNING: The Docker Engine you're using is runnin

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Start the app with docker compose up. This builds the web app image, pulls the Redis image if you don't already have it, and creates two containers.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker compose up -d

    WARNING: The Docker Engine you're using is running in swarm mode.

    Compose does not use swarm mode to deploy services to multiple nodes in
    a swarm. All containers are scheduled on the current node.

    To deploy your application across the swarm, use `docker stack deploy`.

    Creating network "stackdemo_default" with the default driver
    Building web
    ...(build output)...
    Creating stackdemo_redis_1
    Creating stackdemo_web_1
```

Check that the app is running with docker compose ps

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
    $ docker compose ps

          Name                     Command               State           Ports
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    stackdemo_redis_1   docker-entrypoint.sh redis ...   Up      6379/tcp
    stackdemo_web_1     python app.py                    Up      0.0.0.0:8000-&gt;8000/tcp
```

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
    $ docker compose down --volumes

    Stopping stackdemo_web_1 ... done
    Stopping stackdemo_redis_1 ... done
    Removing stackdemo_web_1 ... done
    Removing stackdemo_redis_1 ... done
    Removing network stackdemo_default
```

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