Docker images "depends_on" for service dependency

I want to setup an environment with multiple images but one depends on the other. Here is the configuration I am trying. The prisma image relies on the mysql image.

In normal docker-compose.yml I can use depends_on to express dependence between services but I am not sure on how to configure such a dependency in Circle CI.

I don’t think I’ve seen any way in which that is possible (though it may be worth checking the reference manual in case there’s a key for this in the docker YAML section).

However, you can install Docker Compose and then pull the images you need. That’s what I do, and I prefer it this way, because I can run it exactly the same way locally. This approach is called Docker-in-Docker and works pretty well (you just have to work around the lack of DC volumes).

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