# kraft cloud compose up

Deploy services in a compose project to Unikraft Cloud

Use an existing `Composefile` or `docker-compose.yaml` file to start a
number of services as instances on Unikraft Cloud.

Note that this is an experimental command and not all attributes of the
`Composefile` are supported nor are all flags identical.


```
kraft cloud compose up [FLAGS] [COMPONENT]
```

### Examples

```
# Build and deploy a Compose project on Unikraft Cloud.
$ kraft cloud compose up

# Build and deploy the nginx service from a Compose project on
# Unikraft Cloud.
$ kraft cloud compose up nginx component

# (If applicable) Set or override a runtime for a particular service
$ kraft cloud compose up --runtime app=base:latest

```

## Options

```
  -d, --detach                  Run the services in the background
  -h, --help                    help for up
      --keep-file-owners        Keep file owners (user:group) in the rootfs (false sets 'root:root')
      --no-build                Do not build the services before starting them
      --rollout-wait duration   Time to wait before performing rolling out action (ms/s/m/h) (default 10s)
      --rootfs-type string      Set the type of the format of the rootfs (cpio/erofs) (default "cpio")
      --runtime strings         Alternative runtime to use when packaging a service
  -w, --wait duration           Timeout to wait for the instance to start (ms/s/m/h)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --allow-insecure    Allow insecure connections to the Unikraft Cloud API
      --env-file string   Set the environment file.
      --file string       Set the Compose file.
      --metro string      Unikraft Cloud metro location
      --token string      Unikraft Cloud access token
```

## See Also

* [`kraft cloud compose`](/docs/cli/kraft/cloud/compose): Manage Compose deployments on Unikraft Cloud