Marks a service as optional unless its profile is enabled.
Section: Profiles and Overrides
Define optional profiles
yaml
yaml
services:
app:
image: myapp:latest
mailhog:
image: mailhog/mailhog
profiles: ["dev-tools"]Explanation
Great for dev-only tools like Mailhog, Adminer, or Jaeger.
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