How to find the docker compose file in Coolify to read stack logs

In certain situations, it is helpful to have access to the docker-compose.yaml file in Coolify.

This allows you to run docker compose commands for any application stack in Coolify.

In my case, I was looking to read application logs. I was trying to catch a log from a SIGTERM event and the logs were not showing up in the Coolify dashboard because the container exited too fast.

I wanted to run the command:

docker compose logs

Locating the docker-compose file

Coolify manages the docker compose files in a top-level directory:

/data/coolify/applications/application_id

In order to access it, switch into a root shell sudo su and navigate to cd /data/coolify/applications/.

Find the application id for your project and enter the folder with the corresponding id.

Within the folder, you will find the docker-compose.yaml file.