Docker Compose - adding identifier to network name

Question

I trying to create network in docker-compose.vs.debug.yml file:

networks:
  myNetwork:
    driver: bridge

But docker adding some identifier:

Answer 1

I assume you use a VS2017 dcproj. I solved this by creating the network manually in the dcproj project as a PreBuildEvent. Add a prebuild target to the .dcproj file:

Then in your docker-compose files you can specify an external network:

networks:
  default:
    external:
      name: customnetwork

Requires you to start the dcproj before other projects or add the same prebuild exec to all the projects that should share the network.