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Faster builds in Docker Compose 1.25.1 thanks to BuildKit Support

One of the most requested features for the docker-compose tool is definitely support for building using Buildkit which is an alternative builder with great capabilities, like caching, concurrency and ability to use custom BuildKit front-ends just to mention a few… Ahhh with a nice blue output! And the good news is that Docker Compose 1.25.1 – that was just released early January – includes BuildKit support!

BuildKit support for Docker Compose is actually achieved by redirecting the docker-compose build to the Docker CLI with a limited feature set.

Enabling Buildkit build

To enable this, we have to align some stars.

First, it requires that the Docker CLI binary present in your PATH:

$ whichdocker/usr/local/bin/docker

Second, docker-compose has to be run with the environment variable COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD set to 1 like in:

$ COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 docker-compose build

This instruction tells docker-compose to use the Docker CLI when executing a build. You should see the same build output, but starting with the experimental warning.

As docker-compose passes its environment variables to the Docker CLI, we can also tell the CLI to use BuildKit instead of the default builder. To accomplish that, we can execute this:

$ COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker-compose build

A short video is worth a thousand words:

Please note that BuildKit support in docker-compose was initially released with Docker Compose 1.25.0. This feature is marked as experimental for now.

Want to know more?

Discover more options using docker-compose build –helpLearn more about Buildkit: docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/build_enhancements

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