docker-mailserver/docs/content/config/advanced/maintenance/update-and-cleanup.md
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docs/misc: update to align with Docker Compose v2 (#3295)
* rename: `docker-compose.yml` => `compose.yaml`
* rename: `docker-compose` => `docker compose`
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title: 'Maintenance | Update and Cleanup'
---
## Automatic Update
Docker images are handy but it can become a hassle to keep them updated. Also when a repository is automated you want to get these images when they get out.
One could setup a complex action/hook-based workflow using probes, but there is a nice, easy to use docker image that solves this issue and could prove useful: [`watchtower`](https://hub.docker.com/r/containrrr/watchtower).
A Docker Compose example:
```yaml
services:
watchtower:
restart: always
image: containrrr/watchtower:latest
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
```
For more details, see the [manual](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/)
## Automatic Cleanup
When you are pulling new images in automatically, it would be nice to have them cleaned up as well. There is also a docker image for this: [`spotify/docker-gc`](https://hub.docker.com/r/spotify/docker-gc/).
A Docker Compose example:
```yaml
services:
docker-gc:
restart: always
image: spotify/docker-gc:latest
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
```
For more details, see the [manual](https://github.com/spotify/docker-gc/blob/master/README.md)
Or you can just use the [`--cleanup`](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/arguments/#cleanup) option provided by `containrrr/watchtower`.