Kubernetes + Compose = Kompose

A conversion tool to go from Docker Compose to Kubernetes

What’s Kompose?

Kompose is a conversion tool for Docker Compose to container orchestrators such as Kubernetes (or OpenShift).

Why do developers love it?

Simplify your development process with Docker Compose and then deploy your containers to a production cluster
Convert your docker-compose.yaml with one simple command kompose convert
Immediately bring up your cluster with kompose up
Bring it back down with kompose down

It’s as simple as 1-2-3

Use an example docker-compose.yaml file or your own
Run kompose up
Check your Kubernetes cluster for your newly deployed containers!

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kompose/master/examples/docker-compose-v3.yaml

$ kompose up
We are going to create Kubernetes Deployments, Services and PersistentVolumeClaims for your Dockerized application. 
If you need different kind of resources, use the 'kompose convert' and 'kubectl create -f' commands instead. 

INFO Successfully created Service: redis          
INFO Successfully created Service: web            
INFO Successfully created Deployment: redis       
INFO Successfully created Deployment: web         

Your application has been deployed to Kubernetes. You can run 'kubectl get deployment,svc,pods,pvc' for details.

$ kubectl get po
NAME                            READY     STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
frontend-591253677-5t038        1/1       Running             0          10s
redis-master-2410703502-9hshf   1/1       Running             0          10s
redis-slave-4049176185-hr1lr    1/1       Running             0          10s

A more detailed guide is available in our getting started guide.

Install Kompose on Linux, macOS or Windows

Grab the Kompose binary!

# Linux
curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.16.0/kompose-linux-amd64 -o kompose

# macOS
curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.16.0/kompose-darwin-amd64 -o kompose

chmod +x kompose
sudo mv ./kompose /usr/local/bin/kompose

Windows: Download from GitHub and add the binary to your PATH.