How to Use Pod-Compose

pod-compose is a tool designed to simplify running multi-container applications using Podman Pods, inspired by docker-compose.

Basic Workflow

Navigate to your project directory: Ensure your docker-compose.yml (or .yaml) is present.
```
cd /path/to/your/project
```
Build Images (Optional): If your services require building from a Dockerfile:
```
pod-compose build
```
Start Services: This will create a Podman Pod (named after your directory) and start all services inside it.
```
pod-compose up
```
Check Status: See running containers within the pod.
```
pod-compose ps
```

View Logs: See logs for all services or specific ones.

# All logs
pod-compose logs

# Follow logs
pod-compose logs -f

# Specific service
pod-compose logs web

Interact with Containers: Run a command inside a container.

# Syntax: pod-compose exec [service_name] [command]
pod-compose exec web /bin/bash

Stop and Remove: When you are done, bring everything down.
```
pod-compose down
```

You can stop, start, or restart the entire pod without removing it.

pod-compose stop
pod-compose start
pod-compose restart

To pull the latest images defined in your compose file:

pod-compose pull

To use a specific compose file instead of the default docker-compose.yml:

pod-compose -f my-compose.yml up

To check which version of pod-compose you are running:

pod-compose version

Pod already exists: If up fails saying the pod exists, try down first or start if you just want to resume.
Image not found: Ensure you run build or pull if the images are not available locally.