Anyone tried running all the tools they need in a single docker file?

[Feezlinkz]

Here are a list of docker containers I wish one could spin up in a single docker file. What are the shortcomings of doing so? Also how easy is it to back up docker containers?

Postgres
Redis
N8n
Ollama
Chatwoot
Openclaw
Evolution API, and mattermost.
And a few other 3

Imagine them all born from a single docker compose file. All with health checks enabled. And all requiring one another.
Any ideas is valuable

 

[darulez]

codex

 

[Feezlinkz]

codex

Does it run or do Ker or has it got claws?

 

[Panther28]

i'm using postgres, and redis in a docker image. Not sure what your asking, but you have to decide well in advance (guess you don't have to but you'll be rewritting continusly if not) what your stack, and how your going to build your technology platform out. Using docker is perfect way to work really thats all. Its built to make your life easier than before, so keep using it. Not sure about open claw though lol i don't trust anything like that on my pc! let me know how you get on with a deleated inbox!

 

[ItsAllTheWayUp]

i'm using postgres, and redis in a docker image. Not sure what your asking, but you have to decide well in advance (guess you don't have to but you'll be rewritting continusly if not) what your stack, and how your going to build your technology platform out. Using docker is perfect way to work really thats all. Its built to make your life easier than before, so keep using it. Not sure about open claw though lol i don't trust anything like that on my pc! let me know how you get on with a deleated inbox!

He/She wants to run it in a container environment. You can use docker-compose and let the containers communicate with each other.

 

[Feezlinkz]

i'm using postgres, and redis in a docker image. Not sure what your asking, but you have to decide well in advance (guess you don't have to but you'll be rewritting continusly if not) what your stack, and how your going to build your technology platform out. Using docker is perfect way to work really thats all. Its built to make your life easier than before, so keep using it. Not sure about open claw though lol i don't trust anything like that on my pc! let me know how you get on with a deleated inbox!

Lol. Haha. .
Anyway the postgres and redis you run. Are they birth by the same compose file? Do you have other docker containers or stacks. How will it be to run all this from a single docker file, including the backups of whatever is deployed

 

[Panther28]

Lol. Haha. .
Anyway the postgres and redis you run. Are they birth by the same compose file? Do you have other docker containers or stacks. How will it be to run all this from a single docker file, including the backups of whatever is deployed

I just run 2 files a docker yaml, and a docker compose. everything is in there and when i run it, it boots up my 3 x api k8 containers, firewall, postgrest, redis,

I use Java, its VERY easy to work with if you are using intellij IDE.

 

[darulez]

Does it run or do Ker or has it got claws?

nope. i dev myself.

 

[theusualkeysersoze]

Here are a list of docker containers I wish one could spin up in a single docker file. What are the shortcomings of doing so? Also how easy is it to back up docker containers?

Postgres
Redis
N8n
Ollama
Chatwoot
Openclaw
Evolution API, and mattermost.
And a few other 3

Imagine them all born from a single docker compose file. All with health checks enabled. And all requiring one another.
Any ideas is valuable

Why n8n in there lol.

It depends on the container size, I have redis , whole nodejs ecosystem and python orchestrator on a 2gb droplet, it does builds just fine

 

[Glad]

You can run all in a single Docker Compose file, but it gets complex fast—managing dependencies, resource limits, and port conflicts is tricky. Health checks help, but startup order can still fail. Backups need volumes per service; container snapshots aren’t enough. For stability, consider splitting the stack into smaller groups.

 

[Feezlinkz]

You can run all in a single Docker Compose file, but it gets complex fast—managing dependencies, resource limits, and port conflicts is tricky. Health checks help, but startup order can still fail. Backups need volumes per service; container snapshots aren’t enough. For stability, consider splitting the stack into smaller groups.

Figured it out the hard way