Crane It is built on to of docker compose, and uses this tool to streamline deployments. There are plenty of amazing tutorials on how to use docker and docker compose on the internet, so we’ll let you check it out on your own if you aren’t familiar with it yet.

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Why did we choose docker compose?

Let’s go over the advantages of using docker compose:
  • It’s the most widespread container management tool out there.
  • It makes development so much faster and more reliable, as all developers work with exactly the same tools, forever banishing the “it works on my machine” issue.
  • It’s 100% free, and extremely well documented.
  • It allows multiple apps to run and communicate on a single server, therefore making it simple to host a database, website, and load-balancer for example.
  • It has no vendor lock in.

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How does it work with Crane It?

We’ve made using docker compose with Crane It very simple.

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Step 1: Create a project

For this step, we’ll assume you’ve covered the custom project tutorial. If not, you can find it here:

Custom projects

Create and deploy your very own projects with Crane It.

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Step 2: Edit the project

Start by finding the project customization section. It looks like this: Customize project configuration Paste in you docker compose file. You’re good the deploy!