Web application docker template

This is a template to create the environment for a web application using nginx and php-fpm at its core.

It is intended to be used as a development environment, not for production.

It provides

• a php-fpm image
• a nginx image
• a mail catcher
• a image used as data-only container
• a docker-compose file to glue it all together

What it lacks

There is no database image. But adding your favourite database image to docker-compose should be easy. Useful images are:

• https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql/ (the official mysql image)
• https://hub.docker.com/_/mariadb/ (the official mariadb image)
• https://hub.docker.com/_/mongo/ (the official mongo db)

How to use it

1. Give your project a name: Edit the file project_name_env.sh. Then run source ./project_name_env.sh. (You can omit this if you want to use the name of the current directory as a project name).
2. Check docker-compose.yml if it contains all you need, or if you want to add more containers.
3. Check the nginx configuration, especially the server name. Add it to your /etc/hosts file.
4. Put your application files in the ./project directory, or remove it and symlink your existing app to this name. The document root is configured to be ./project/public/. You can change it in the nginx config if you want.
5. Run (from the base directory) docker-compose up -d (this may take a while, as php will be compiled from source...

That's it. Have fun :-)