# "Use Docker Compose" in Get started tutorial (solved)

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/use-docker-compose-in-get-started-tutorial-solved/129415>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/use-docker-compose-in-get-started-tutorial-solved/129415 "2022-09-26T23:07:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![simplesamples](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/simplesamples/32/32530_2.png) [@simplesamples](https://forums.docker.com/u/simplesamples)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/use-docker-compose-in-get-started-tutorial-solved/129415/1 "2022-09-26T23:07:36Z")

</div>

**Solution:**

I did several searches of the internet and this forum and finally I found [Using Bind Mounts: error Couldn’t find a package.json file in “/app” · Issue #76 · docker/getting-started](https://github.com/docker/getting-started/issues/76). The last response is the important one. The `docker-compose.yml` file must be in the `app` directory. The tutorial says _the root of the app project_ and that is easily misunderstood. The fact that there is a `docker-compose.yml` file in the top directory contributes to the confusion.

**Problem:**

I am using Windows 10 Home.

I have been using the Get started tutorial. I got to [Use Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/08_using_compose) and it was not working so I downloaded a fresh copy of the application. It already has a `docker-compose.yml`, right? And we are to replace the contents with the contents in the tutorial, right? And then execute the `docker-compose up` command from the root directory, the directory containing the `app` directory, right? It seems to work. Everything looks good in the log, except at the bottom it says:

```auto
error Couldn't find a package.json file in "/app"

```

Is the preceding correct? If so then what more information do you need to diagnose the problem?

The tutorial uses the application in [docker/getting-started: Getting started with Docker](https://github.com/docker/getting-started/tree/master). The following is the contents I have for the `docker-compose.yml` file.

```auto
version: "3.7"

# services:
# docs:
# build:
# context: .
# dockerfile: Dockerfile
# target: dev
# ports:
# - 8000:8000
# volumes:
# - ./:/app

services:
  app:
    image: node:12-alpine
    command: sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev"
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    working_dir: /app
    volumes:
      - ./:/app
    environment:
      MYSQL_HOST: mysql
      MYSQL_USER: root
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
      MYSQL_DB: todos

  mysql:
    image: mysql:5.7
    volumes:
      - todo-mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
      MYSQL_DATABASE: todos

volumes:
  todo-mysql-data:

```