meta-compose

This package aims to solve the problem of variable substitution in docker-compose files by parsing them as Jinja2 template.

It was inspired by the discussion here

It supports variable declaration in a separate YAML file as well as access to environment variables.

Quickstart:

• Install with pip install meta-compose

• Create a file meta-compose.yml that is a Jinja2 template for a docker compose file.

• [Optional] Create a file meta-compose-data.yml that contains the variables used in the template that are not environment variables.

• Call meta-compose and it will create a docker-compose.yml in the current directory

Usage

usage: meta-compose [-h] [-d DATAFILE] [-t TEMPLATE] [-o OUTPUTFILE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d DATAFILE, --datafile DATAFILE
                        Use to specify data files in addition to meta-compose-
                        data.yml. They must be JSON or YAML files.
  -t TEMPLATE, --template TEMPLATE
                        Use to specify the template file to use. Defaults to
                        ./meta-compose.yml
  -o OUTPUTFILE, --outputfile OUTPUTFILE
                        Use to specify the output file to create. Defaults to
                        ./docker-compose.yml

Syntax of meta-compose.yml

• Everything in basic Jinja2 is allowed.

• To access environment variables use {{'default'| env('VARIABLE_NAME')}} where VARIABLE_NAME is the name of your environment variable and default is the default value you want it to be if the environment variable is not set.