Docker Compose does not allow to use local images

Question

The following command fails, trying to pull image from the Docker Hub:

$ docker-compose up -d
Pulling web-server (web-server:staging)...
ERROR: repository we         


        

Answer 1

In my tests, for this to work you must specify a numeric tag otherwise docker will try to check for the latest version remotely.

Rename your local image to something like 'web-server:1' instead of 'web-server:staging' and change your compose file accordingly.