---
title: "stack deploy"
description: "The stack deploy command description and usage"
keywords: "stack, deploy, up"
---

# stack deploy

```markdown
Usage:  docker stack deploy [OPTIONS] STACK

Deploy a new stack or update an existing stack

Aliases:
  deploy, up

Options:
  -c, --compose-file strings  Path to a Compose file, or "-" to read from stdin
      --help                  Print usage
      --kubeconfig string     Kubernetes config file
      --namespace string      Kubernetes namespace to use
      --orchestrator string   Orchestrator to use (swarm|kubernetes|all)
      --prune                 Prune services that are no longer referenced
      --resolve-image string  Query the registry to resolve image digest and supported platforms
                              ("always"|"changed"|"never") (default "always")
      --with-registry-auth    Send registry authentication details to Swarm agents
```

## Description

Create and update a stack from a `compose` file on the swarm.

> **Note**: This is a cluster management command. When using swarm as an orchestrator,
> this command must be executed on a swarm manager node. To learn about managers
> and workers, refer to the [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/)
> in the documentation.

## Examples

### Compose file

The `deploy` command supports compose file version `3.0` and above.

```bash
$ docker stack deploy --compose-file docker-compose.yml vossibility

Ignoring unsupported options: links

Creating network vossibility_vossibility
Creating network vossibility_default
Creating service vossibility_nsqd
Creating service vossibility_logstash
Creating service vossibility_elasticsearch
Creating service vossibility_kibana
Creating service vossibility_ghollector
Creating service vossibility_lookupd
```

The Compose file can also be provided as standard input with `--compose-file -`:

```bash
$ cat docker-compose.yml | docker stack deploy --compose-file - vossibility

Ignoring unsupported options: links

Creating network vossibility_vossibility
Creating network vossibility_default
Creating service vossibility_nsqd
Creating service vossibility_logstash
Creating service vossibility_elasticsearch
Creating service vossibility_kibana
Creating service vossibility_ghollector
Creating service vossibility_lookupd
```

If your configuration is split between multiple Compose files, e.g. a base
configuration and environment-specific overrides, you can provide multiple
`--compose-file` flags.

```bash
$ docker stack deploy --compose-file docker-compose.yml -c docker-compose.prod.yml vossibility

Ignoring unsupported options: links

Creating network vossibility_vossibility
Creating network vossibility_default
Creating service vossibility_nsqd
Creating service vossibility_logstash
Creating service vossibility_elasticsearch
Creating service vossibility_kibana
Creating service vossibility_ghollector
Creating service vossibility_lookupd
```

You can verify that the services were correctly created:

```bash
$ docker service ls

ID            NAME                               MODE        REPLICAS  IMAGE
29bv0vnlm903  vossibility_lookupd                replicated  1/1       nsqio/nsq@sha256:eeba05599f31eba418e96e71e0984c3dc96963ceb66924dd37a47bf7ce18a662
4awt47624qwh  vossibility_nsqd                   replicated  1/1       nsqio/nsq@sha256:eeba05599f31eba418e96e71e0984c3dc96963ceb66924dd37a47bf7ce18a662
4tjx9biia6fs  vossibility_elasticsearch          replicated  1/1       elasticsearch@sha256:12ac7c6af55d001f71800b83ba91a04f716e58d82e748fa6e5a7359eed2301aa
7563uuzr9eys  vossibility_kibana                 replicated  1/1       kibana@sha256:6995a2d25709a62694a937b8a529ff36da92ebee74bafd7bf00e6caf6db2eb03
9gc5m4met4he  vossibility_logstash               replicated  1/1       logstash@sha256:2dc8bddd1bb4a5a34e8ebaf73749f6413c101b2edef6617f2f7713926d2141fe
axqh55ipl40h  vossibility_vossibility-collector  replicated  1/1       icecrime/vossibility-collector@sha256:f03f2977203ba6253988c18d04061c5ec7aab46bca9dfd89a9a1fa4500989fba
```

## Related commands

* [stack ls](stack_ls.md)
* [stack ps](stack_ps.md)
* [stack rm](stack_rm.md)
* [stack services](stack_services.md)