Docker Compose – Share named volume between multiple containers

The named volumes can be shared across containers in the following way:

services:
    nginx:
        build: ./nginx/
        ports:
            - 80:80
        links:
            - php
        volumes:
            - app-volume:location_in_the_container

    php:
        build: ./php/
        expose:
            - 9000
        volumes:
            - app-volume:location_in_the_container

volumes:
     app-volume: 

Here’s an example config that I use for better understanding. I’m exposing the static files generated from my web container to a named volume called static-content which is then read and served by the nginx container:

services:
  nginx:
    container_name: nginx
    build: ./nginx/

    volumes:
      - static-content:/usr/src/app

  web:
    container_name: web
    env_file: .env
    volumes:
      - static-content:/usr/src/app/public
    environment:
      - NODE_ENV=production

    command: npm run package

volumes:
  static-content: