Gen-AI Developer Classroom notes 26/Jul/2025

Docker compose

• This file helps in creating a single command start and destroy for the entire application.
• This is majorly used in developer environments.
• Docker compose file is written in YAML format.

YAML

• This is a file format which stores any data in the form of name value pairs
• Yaml is collection of key value pairs

key: <value>

• Values can be of multiple types
  • Text:
  • Number
  • boolean
  • list/array
  • dict/object
• Example – 1

name: python
version: 3.12
docker: yes
standardlib:
  - os
  - sys
  - argparse
  - json
otherlib:
  cli: click
  aws: boto3

• Example – 2:

name: xyz
contact:
  address:
    city: Hyderabad
    state: Telangana
  email: xyz@khaja.tech
  linkedin: linkedin.com/xyz
  mobile: +91-9999999999
designation: Agentic AI Developer
summary: sumary

• Refer Here for yaml tutorial

Docker compose yaml

• reference

Docker-compose file with nginx and mysql

• the command to run nginx is docker run --name mynginx -p 80:80 -d nginx
• the command to run mysql s docker run --name my-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -p 3306:3306 -d mysql
• create file called as docker-compose.yml with following content

services:
  web:
    image: nginx
    ports:
      - 80:80
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    image: mysql
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=testdb

• Ensure docker desktop is started
• Now exectute docker compose up -d
• View the containers in docker desktop
• if you want to delete docker compose down, to remove images and volumes docker compose down -v --rmi

Docker-compose file with python & database

• Refer Here
• Exercise:
  • Run this locally
  • Build an mcp server for movie app to create, update,delete movies (tools), get movie (resource)
  • Test this my linking mcp to claude use natural language to create movees.