Docker Compose Templates I Use Every Week
The Composes You Actually Need Most Docker compose guides show you the same five services everyone already knows. Here’s the set I actually run — the unsexy but essential services that make a homelab reliable: monitoring, logging, backups, and automation. These are production-ready templates with proper networking, restart policies, healthchecks, and resource limits. No placeholder values, no “TODO: change this.” 1. Watchtower — Auto-Updates Automatically updates your containers when new images are published. I run this on a 24-hour schedule with notifications to my Telegram channel. ...