Docker setup difference.

[samuelcastro]

This might be a dumb question, but what's the difference and why there are 2 difference Docker setup?

1 - https://docs.hasura.io/1.0/graphql/manual/getting-started/docker-simple.html#step-1-get-the-docker-compose-file (docker-compose)
2 - https://docs.hasura.io/1.0/graphql/manual/deployment/docker/index.html (docker-run.sh)

Would the docker-run.sh setup be more recommend for a production environment? If so why?

Thanks!

[toddheslin]

Not a dumb question @samuelcastro

Option one - docker compose - works really well for simple local setups and deploying on a single server like Digital Ocean. Basically, you'll have Hasura, Postgres + any other containers all wrapped up in a single docker-compose.yml file which can be brought up by using docker-compose up -d.

The second option is just a shell script wrapping the raw docker run command. If you're using a hosted environment, like Heroku, Kubernetes on Google/AWS etc, then they already provide all the stuff that docker-compose does and expect you to just provide a container with environment variables.

Personally, I love using docker-compose. It's just so darn simple and works a treat for the types of apps I build. I use it when working with Docker containers locally, and sometimes in production if I realistically don't need to worry about multiple-containers running on multiple servers with a separate database / load balancer etc etc.

Hope this helps a bit!

[samuelcastro]

Thanks @toddheslin helped a lot! :)