Docker Compose Configuration Checker

Analyze Docker Compose files for configuration issues in PHP application stacks.

Detection Patterns

1. Missing Health Checks

# BAD: No healthcheck section for service
# GOOD: Health check present
services:
  php-fpm:
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "php-fpm-healthcheck || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 3

2. depends_on Without Condition

# BAD: No health condition (race condition on startup)
services:
  app:
    depends_on:
      - mysql

# GOOD: Health condition enforced
services:
  app:
    depends_on:
      mysql:
        condition: service_healthy

3. Hardcoded Passwords

# BAD: Credentials in plain text
services:
  mysql:
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret123

# GOOD: Using .env file reference
services:
  mysql:
    env_file: [.env]
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}

4. No Resource Limits

# GOOD: Resource limits defined
services:
  php-fpm:
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: "1.0"
          memory: 512M

5. No Restart Policy

# GOOD: Restart policy defined
services:
  app:
    restart: unless-stopped

6. Deprecated version Field

# BAD: Deprecated in Compose V2+
version: "3.8"
services:
  app:
    image: my-app

7. Missing Networks Definition

# GOOD: Explicit network isolation
services:
  app:
    networks: [frontend, backend]
  mysql:
    networks: [backend]
networks:
  frontend:
  backend:
    internal: true

8. Volume Permission Issues

# GOOD: User mapping to avoid permission issues
services:
  php-fpm:
    user: "${UID:-1000}:${GID:-1000}"
    volumes:
      - ./src:/var/www/html

9. Port Conflicts

# BAD: Binding to all interfaces — ports: ["80:80"]
# GOOD: Specific host binding — ports: ["127.0.0.1:8080:80"]

10. Missing .env File Reference

# GOOD: Explicit env_file with variable interpolation
services:
  app:
    env_file: [.env]

Grep Patterns

# Hardcoded passwords
Grep: "PASSWORD.*:.*['\"]?[a-zA-Z0-9]" --glob "**/docker-compose*.yml"

# depends_on without condition
Grep: "depends_on:" --glob "**/docker-compose*.yml"

# Deprecated version field
Grep: "^version:" --glob "**/docker-compose*.yml"

# Port bindings
Grep: "ports:" --glob "**/docker-compose*.yml"

Severity Classification

Pattern	Severity	Impact
Hardcoded credentials	Critical	Security breach risk
No health checks	Major	Unreliable dependencies
depends_on without condition	Major	Race conditions on startup
No resource limits	Major	OOM kills, resource exhaustion
Port conflicts	Major	Service startup failure
Missing networks	Minor	No network isolation
Deprecated version field	Minor	Compatibility warning
No restart policy	Minor	Manual recovery needed
Volume permissions	Minor	File access errors
Missing .env reference	Minor	Undefined variable risk

Output Format

### Compose Issue: [Description]

**Severity:** Critical/Major/Minor
**File:** `docker-compose.yml:line`
**Issue:** [Description of the problem]
**Fix:** [Corrected configuration snippet]
**Impact:** [What could happen if not fixed]