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 # docker_compose
 
-Docker Configs
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+Version-controlling my Docker configs. Local copy of this repo is in `/short/tools/docker/compose`.
+
+Typical usage (`sudo su` first obv):
+
+```
+cd /short/tools/docker/compose/[whichever-image]/
+docker compose up -d
+```