Enable "progress plain" in docker-compose file

Question

When I run a build using docker-compose build --progress plain, it shows more useful information during the build than the default BuildKit output.

Is there a way to embed the plain progress option into the docker-compose.yml file itself so I can just call docker-compose build and still get the better output?

I tried adding these build args, but none of them seemed to work:

build:
    args:
        #progress: plain  
        #- progress=plain  
        #- progress plain  
        #BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain  
        #- BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain

hasnat · Answer 1 · 2023-06-08T13:41:38.920

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Where you don't want to disable buildkit, one can use

BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker compose build
# or
BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker-compose build

or without buildkit which serves plain progress by default

DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 docker compose build
# or
DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 docker-compose build

using docker desktop 20.10.8 + docker-compose 2.0.1

edited Jun 08 '23 at 13:41

answered Oct 08 '21 at 18:55

hasnat

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This works for me! Last comment I had the same issue than @Artfaith `services.app.build Additional property progress is not allowed` – enriqueojedalara Dec 21 '22 at 05:30

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '21 at 16:47

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Even though it seems like it ought to be possible looking at the current implementation of docker-compose, notably the _CLIBuilder which is invoked over the services dict's build method.

However, no such similarly-named key exists in the configuration schema.

So it appears that you can't, at least not yet.

Incidentally, from the above, I'd expect to eventually find it here

services:
    build:
        progress: plain

rather than the args: child key.

answered May 14 '21 at 16:47

msanford

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My workaround is to have docker-compose.yml reference the image `image: image-name` rather than doing `build` as part of compose. Then use a wrapper script that calls `docker build --progress plain -t image-name && docker-compose up` – AndrewKS Jun 11 '21 at 18:55
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Just in case, currently, it still returns: `services.app.build Additional property progress is not allowed`. – Artfaith Sep 17 '22 at 12:27

Alexred · Answer 3 · 2023-07-19T04:18:24.160

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For Compose V2. Refer to: Compose V2

Here is command originally shared by hasnat but modified to ComposeV2:

BUILDKIT_PROGRESS=plain docker compose build

edited Jul 19 '23 at 04:18

answered May 14 '23 at 06:20

Alexred

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Adán Escobar · Answer 4 · 2023-03-02T12:51:14.813

apparently it is not possible using compose file, but if you need it to be done always like this, you can write a wrapper:

docker-compose(){
        echo "[WARNING] runnig wrapper docker-compose..."
        if [ "$1" == "build" ]; then
            /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $@ --progress plain
        else
            /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $@
        fi
}

add this code to your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile

then you can use it as usual

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score -3 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 10 '22 at 07:30

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It seems the docker-compose.yaml accepts an args field:

version: "3.8"
services:
  main:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: se/Dockerfile
      args:
        progress: plain

answered Mar 10 '22 at 07:30

Amin Shojaei

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