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Docker Advance Part 6: How to Write Less Code with Sharable Files in Docker Compose?

Mammad Yahyayev
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4 min readJan 13, 2025

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Hello developers, welcome back to my Docker Advanced Series where we break down complex Docker concepts into easy-to-digest lessons. If you are new here, you can access the whole series from here.

In today’s part, I am going to share how you can use files for common configurations in Docker Compose to save your time. Let’s get started without even wasting a minute.

Duplicate Configurations in Docker Compose Files

Imagine you have multiple services that read and write to the same database. Whenever you build a Docker image for your services and decide to run them, you need a database service for your application to start successfully.

However, copying and pasting is a fast solution in this scenario but duplication is not recommended in software development.

Code Duplication makes your code unmaintainable

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