--- title: Testing your app with docker-compose on CircleCI | daily.dev description: CircleCI's documentation for docker-compose is unclear, but setting up automated testing is straightforward once you know the key configuration. Use a Linux VM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-your-app-with-docker-compose-on-circleci-kcllfcdpn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Testing your app with docker-compose on CircleCI | daily.dev og:description: CircleCI's documentation for docker-compose is unclear, but setting up automated testing is straightforward once you know the key configuration. Use a Linux VM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-your-app-with-docker-compose-on-circleci-kcllfcdpn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KCLLFCdpn.png og:image:alt: Testing your app with docker-compose on CircleCI 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. # Testing your app with docker-compose on CircleCI **[Einenlum - Coding amongst alpacas and pinball machines](https://daily.dev/sources/einenlum)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CircleCI's documentation for docker-compose is unclear, but setting up automated testing is straightforward once you know the key configuration. Use a Linux VM (machine: true) instead of docker executors to enable docker-compose with volumes. The setup involves checking out code, running docker-compose up, installing dependencies in containers, executing tests, and optionally storing artifacts like screenshots. Permission issues may arise due to CircleCI's user ID (1001) differing from typical local setups (1000), which can be resolved by specifying the user in docker-compose exec commands. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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