docker-compose/docs/reference/compose_convert.md

docker compose convert

Converts the compose file to platform's canonical format

Aliases

convert, config

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
--format	string	yaml	Format the output. Values: [yaml | json]
--hash	string		Print the service config hash, one per line.
--images			Print the image names, one per line.
--no-interpolate			Don't interpolate environment variables.
--no-normalize			Don't normalize compose model.
-o, --output	string		Save to file (default to stdout)
--profiles			Print the profile names, one per line.
-q, --quiet			Only validate the configuration, don't print anything.
--resolve-image-digests			Pin image tags to digests.
--services			Print the service names, one per line.
--volumes			Print the volume names, one per line.

Description

docker compose convert render the actual data model to be applied on target platform. When used with Docker engine, it merges the Compose files set by -f flags, resolves variables in Compose file, and expands short-notation into fully defined Compose model.

To allow smooth migration from docker-compose, this subcommand declares alias docker compose config