--- title: I run my entire home server in one Docker Compose file,... description: A home lab enthusiast consolidates Home Assistant, Immich, and Nextcloud into a single Docker Compose file with a shared env file, enabling the entire stack to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-run-my-entire-home-server-in-one-docker-compose-file-and-rebuilding-it-takes-a-single-command-gv2s90q6c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I run my entire home server in one Docker Compose file, and rebuilding it takes a single command | daily.dev og:description: A home lab enthusiast consolidates Home Assistant, Immich, and Nextcloud into a single Docker Compose file with a shared env file, enabling the entire stack to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-run-my-entire-home-server-in-one-docker-compose-file-and-rebuilding-it-takes-a-single-command-gv2s90q6c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gV2s90Q6C.png og:image:alt: I run my entire home server in one Docker Compose file, and rebuilding it takes a single command og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I run my entire home server in one Docker Compose file, and rebuilding it takes a single command **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A home lab enthusiast consolidates Home Assistant, Immich, and Nextcloud into a single Docker Compose file with a shared env file, enabling the entire stack to be rebuilt with one command (docker compose pull; docker compose up -d --remove-orphans --force-recreate). The full compose file and env file are shared, and testing confirmed containers rebuild cleanly while persistent volumes preserve data. The setup still lacks a proper backup and restore strategy, which is planned as the next step. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I force Docker Compose to recreate all containers while keeping existing data and configuration intact? Run docker compose pull followed by docker compose up -d --remove-orphans --force-recreate. The pull grabs the latest images, and --force-recreate rebuilds containers from scratch instead of just restarting them, while persistent named volumes remain untouched so configuration and data survive the rebuild. _daily.dev surfaces practical self-hosting workflows like this for developers running their own home server stacks._ ### Can I run Home Assistant, Immich, and Nextcloud together in a single docker-compose.yml file? Yes, all three can be defined as one Compose stack with their own databases and supporting services: Home Assistant needs just a config volume, Immich requires Postgres with a vectorchord extension plus Valkey/Redis, and Nextcloud needs MariaDB and Redis. Each service gets its own container, ports, and named volumes within the same file. _developers consolidating home lab services into one stack can find setup patterns like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Docker Compose gave me back my NAS by making it predictable again](https://daily.dev/posts/docker-compose-gave-me-back-my-nas-by-making-it-predictable-again-eact1o3nr) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back](https://daily.dev/posts/my-entire-smart-home-runs-on-a-single-docker-container-now-and-i-m-never-going-back-ynlpjdclf) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rebuilding My Homelab with Compose, Ruby, IPv6, and No Kubernetes](https://daily.dev/posts/rebuilding-my-homelab-with-compose-ruby-ipv6-and-no-kubernetes-tu8vhdqzn) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Don't Maintain My Homelab](https://daily.dev/posts/i-don-t-maintain-my-homelab-evmvzyurx) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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