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Your problem is that you can't set ENV variables at the global level? Have you looked at YAML anchors? Makes things more DRY for longer/complex compose files.
by itintheory 4y ago
Your problem is that you can't set ENV variables at the global level? Have you looked at YAML anchors? Makes things more DRY for longer/complex compose files.
- kh_hk 4y agoThat's just the tip of the iceberg. My problem is that YAML is not a turing complete language (and dev environments are usually messy by their nature).
- terseus 4y agoGiven that YAML it's a configuration language I'd say that not being turing complete it's a feature, not a bug nor a limitation; I always want my language files to be declarative to not suffer the perils of logic. Edit: Also, I don't see the need for a turing complete language for something like docker compose, if you need something really complex you can always script a docker-compose.yml generator with all the logic and complexity you need.
- benji-york 4y agoYou might find Cog (https://nedbatchelder.com/code/cog https://nedbatchelder.com/code/cog) helpful for generating YAML on the fly.
- SirSavary 4y agoWhen I need a Turing-complete Compose file, I use Pulumi to spin up the Docker containers and wire things together: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pulumi-and-docker-development-to-production https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pulumi-and-docker-development-to...