key sequence to detach from `docker-compose up`

[smoebody]

this has been topic in #291, however i want to make aware of this feature request a little more .

i vote for a key-sequence that you can use to detach from docker-compose up without stopping all containers (i.e. when you forgot to pass -d). There seems to be a key-sequence for attached docker-containers (Ctrl-p Ctrl-c). It seems plausible to reuse this in docker-compose.

[keski]

I too would cast a vote in this direction. For example, to see that everything is starting up as expected I often do docker-compose up without detaching (rather than having to inspect all logs). Another alternative would perhaps be to have a flag that makes Ctrl-c detach?

[woto]

hi, did you find any solution?

[thiagowfx]

There seems to be a key-sequence for attached docker-containers (Ctrl-p Ctrl-c).

Actually, the key sequence is Ctrl-p Ctrl-q. Example source.

[disarticulate]

ctrl-z appears to work version 3

[AndresPineros]

Woudln't ctrl-z stop the process?

[M4rotte]

Ctrl+z stops the docker-compose process so the terminal is no more attached to any containers but they continue to run.

Ctrl+p, Ctrl+q doesn’t work for me…

Docker version 17.09.0-ce, build afdb6d4
docker-compose version 1.17.1, build 6d101fb

[nullifiedaccount3]

@M4rotte docker-compose is weird. Thanks for explanation and tip!

[perarg]

@M4rotte, Ctrl + Z puts the process to background. The process is no longer running, but is still using resources such (i.e. system memory). So i don't think it is a good idea to use ctr + z.

[thiagowfx]

@M4rotte I don't know why it doesn't work for you, however my linked question (to Stack Overflow) has 22 upvotes at the time of this post, while my comment here magically gained 3 downvotes. There's something clearly wrong, which is left as an exercise to the reader.

[smoebody]

@thiagowfx you are talking about docker, but we here talk about docker-compose, which is lacking the feature docker natively provides.

[MetaBarj0]

Did you try to :
ctrl+z : stop the process
bg : resume the last stopped process in the background ?

I often do that when I forget to specify the '-d' switch with docker-compose up

@MetaBarj0 and still you have docker-compose up running in background. This is a workaround rather than a fix. This thread is a feature-request, not a question on how to overcome the problem, when you forgot the -d switch. Thanks to all who pointed out how to use unix tools to gain access to the consoles without stopping all started containers. Please vote if you find a key-sequence useful although you do not need it (like you do not need a car or a computer).

[piranha79]

@useltmann

first: your right and i voted for ctrl-p, ctrl-c as suggested by @smoebody.

second: @useltmann and @smoebody don't happen to be the very same person, right? the fact that your both sharing a quite seldom name and vita is just a coincidence I suppose.