Installation

Install the package with Composer:

composer require mozex/laravel-compose

The service provider registers itself through package discovery. Run the install command when you want to change a default:

php artisan compose:install

That writes config/compose.php. The Configuration page explains every key.

• Docker Engine with the Compose plugin, version 2.17 or newer, so docker compose version works. Ploi's Docker server type and Forge's Docker install both provide it; on a plain Ubuntu box, follow Docker's own install guide and add docker-compose-plugin.
• The user that runs your deploy in the docker group. Without it, every command fails with permission denied on the daemon socket.

Run the doctor after installing to confirm both:

php artisan compose:doctor

Nothing here requires Docker to be present. A stack whose enabled() returns false is skipped, and COMPOSE_ENABLED=false skips every stack on a host. CI, local machines that use a natively installed service instead, and staging boxes without Docker all run the same deploy script unchanged.

Scaffold your first stack with php artisan compose:make {name} and read Defining a Stack.