LimeSurvey

LimeSurvey - the most popular Free Open Source Software survey tool on the web.

https://www.limesurvey.org/en/

This docker image is for Limesurvey on apache/php in its own container. It accepts environment variables to update the configuration file. On first run it will automatically create the database if a username and password are supplied, and on subsequent runs it can update the administrator password if provided as an environment variable.

Volumes are specified for plugins and upload directories for persistence.

How to use this image

$ docker run --name some-limesurvey --link some-mysql:mysql -d acspri/limesurvey

The following environment variables are also honored for configuring your Limesurvey instance. If Limesurvey is already installed, these environment variables will update the Limesurvey config file.

• -e LIMESURVEY_DB_HOST=... (defaults to the IP and port of the linked mysql container)
• -e LIMESURVEY_DB_USER=... (defaults to "root")
• -e LIMESURVEY_DB_PASSWORD=... (defaults to the value of the MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD environment variable from the linked mysql container)
• -e LIMESURVEY_DB_NAME=... (defaults to "limesurvey")
• -e LIMESURVEY_TABLE_PREFIX=... (defaults to "" - set this to "lime_" for example if your database has a prefix)
• -e LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_USER=... (defaults to "" - the username of the Limesurvey administrator)
• -e LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=... (defaults to "" - the password of the Limesurvey administrator)
• -e LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_NAME=... (defaults to "Lime Administrator" - The full name of the Limesurvey administrator)
• -e LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_EMAIL=... (defaults to "lime@lime.lime" - The email address of the Limesurvey administrator)
• -e LIMESURVEY_DEBUG=... (defaults to 0 - Debug level of Limesurvey, 0 is off, 1 for errors, 2 for strict PHP and to be able to edit standard templates)
• -e LIMESURVEY_SQL_DEBUG=... (defaults to 0 - Debug level of Limesurvey for SQL, 0 is off, 1 is on - note requires LIMESURVEY_DEBUG set to 2)

If the LIMESURVEY_DB_NAME specified does not already exist on the given MySQL server, it will be created automatically upon startup of the limesurvey container, provided that the LIMESURVEY_DB_USER specified has the necessary permissions to create it.

If you'd like to be able to access the instance from the host without the container's IP, standard port mappings can be used:

$ docker run --name some-limesurvey --link some-mysql:mysql -p 8080:80 -d acspri/limesurvey

Then, access it via http://localhost:8080 or http://host-ip:8080 in a browser.

If you'd like to use an external database instead of a linked mysql container, specify the hostname and port with LIMESURVEY_DB_HOST along with the password in LIMESURVEY_DB_PASSWORD and the username in LIMESURVEY_DB_USER (if it is something other than root):

$ docker run --name some-limesurvey -e LIMESURVEY_DB_HOST=10.1.2.3:3306 \
    -e LIMESURVEY_DB_USER=... -e LIMESURVEY_DB_PASSWORD=... -d acspri/limesurvey

... via docker-compose

Example docker-compose.yml for limesurvey:

version: '2'

services:

  limesurvey:
    image: acspri/limesurvey
    ports:
      - 8082:80
    environment:
      LIMESURVEY_DB_PASSWORD: example
      LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_USER: admin
      LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: password
      LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_NAME: Lime Administrator
      LIMESURVEY_ADMIN_EMAIL: lime@lime.lime

  mysql:
    image: mariadb
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example

Run docker-compose up, wait for it to initialize completely, and visit http://localhost:8082 or http://host-ip:8082.

Supported Docker versions

This image is officially supported on Docker version 1.12.3.

Support for older versions (down to 1.6) is provided on a best-effort basis.

Please see the Docker installation documentation for details on how to upgrade your Docker daemon.

Notes

This Dockerfile is based on the Wordpress official docker image