How to set build arguments in Docker Compose's config file

You can specify build arguments in Dockerfiles to set variables required at build time. However, when you're using Docker Compose and one (or more) of the services in the configuration builds based on a Dockerfile, how do you specify build arguments for it? In this episode, I step through how to specify them in Compose configuration files.

Links from the episode

• Specifying build arguments with Docker Compose
• Dockerfile build arguments
• Docker Compose up options

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