Examples

Common patterns for Launchfiles — from minimal to multi-component. Each example is a complete, valid Launchfile you can use as a starting point.

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Three fields plus a start command — the simplest possible Launchfile.

Single component with Postgres and a health check.

Full-featured with services, env vars, and lifecycle commands.

HedgeDoc with backend/frontend and inter-component wiring.

Deploy from an existing OCI/Docker image.

Scheduled task on a cron schedule, no persistent process.

Request the host's container runtime with a host: entry — granted or refused, wired via $socket / $url / $api.

Several host capabilities at once — container runtime, host network, and host filesystem.

Run from source with install / dev — launchfile dev, no container.

Reference a provisioned volume's path with $storage.<name>.path — portable across providers.