In any given scenario, you would always want your docker-compose up. Using the command UP, you can start or restart all the services that are defined in a docker-compose.yml file. In the “attached” mode, which is also the default mode – we will be able to see all the log files from all the containers. In the “detached” mode, it exits after starting all the containers, which continue to run in the background showing nothing over in the foreground.
Using the docker-compose run command, we will be able to run the one-off or the ad-hoc tasks that are required to be run as per the Business needs and requirements. This requires the service name to be provided which you would want to run and based on that, it will only start those containers for the services that the running service depends on. Using the run command, you can run your tests or perform any of the administrative tasks like removing/adding data to the data volume container. It is also very similar to the docker run –ti command, which opens up an interactive terminal to the containers an exit status that matches with the exit status of the process in the container.
Using the docker-compose start command, you can only restart the containers that were previously created and were stopped. This command never creates any new Docker containers on its own.
