docker / docker/compose

Allow overriding the default naming scheme for containers and other entities

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Description

Description

I would love to have the option to declare a custom default naming scheme for every service in my docker-compose.yml file.
Since I don't like having the project/directory name prefix contained in my services, right now I have to specify the container_name element for every service I create like this:

services:
  foo:
    image: ubuntu
    container_name: foo
  bar:
    image: nginx
    container_name: bar

This could be accomplished by allowing the user to specify a top level element like this or something similar to it:

naming_scheme: no-prefix

services:
  foo:
    image: ubuntu
  bar:
    image: nginx

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Research direction

Start with the docker-compose.yml examples in the issue and review how Compose currently derives names for services and other entities. Define the supported top-level naming scheme and its interaction with per-service container_name values; done means users can select a no-prefix scheme without repeating overrides for every service.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, docker-compose
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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