This example will use composer
to install Typo3 from within the Devilbox PHP container.
Important
Using composer
requires the underlying file system to support symlinks. If you use Docker Toolbox you need to explicitly allow/enable this. See below for instructions:
- Docker Toolbox and
howto_docker_toolbox_and_the_devilbox_windows_symlinks
After completing the below listed steps, you will have a working Laravel setup ready to be served via http and https.
Table of Contents
- local
The following configuration will be used:
Project name | VirtualHost directory | Database | TLD_SUFFIX | Project URL |
---|---|---|---|---|
my-typo | /shared/httpd/my-typo | my_typo | loc | http://my-typo.loc https://my-typo.loc |
Note
* Inside the Devilbox PHP container, projects are always in /shared/httpd/
. * On your host operating system, projects are by default in ./data/www/
inside the Devilbox git directory. This path can be changed via env_httpd_datadir
.
It will be ready in eight simple steps:
- Enter the PHP container
- Create a new VirtualHost directory
- Install Typo3 via
composer
- Symlink webroot directory
- Setup DNS record
- Create
FIRST_INSTALL
file - Open your browser
- Step through guided web installation
All work will be done inside the PHP container as it provides you with all required command line tools.
Navigate to the Devilbox git directory and execute shell.sh
(or shell.bat
on Windows) to enter the running PHP container.
host> ./shell.sh
* enter_the_php_container
* work_inside_the_php_container
* available_tools
The vhost directory defines the name under which your project will be available. ( <vhost dir>.TLD_SUFFIX
will be the final URL ).
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ mkdir my-typo
env_tld_suffix
Navigate into your newly created vhost directory and install Typo3 with composer
.
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ cd my-typo
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-typo $ composer create-project typo3/cms-base-distribution typo3
How does the directory structure look after installation:
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-typo $ tree -L 1
.
└── typo3
1 directory, 0 files
Symlinking the actual webroot directory to htdocs
is important. The web server expects every project's document root to be in <vhost dir>/htdocs/
. This is the path where it will serve the files. This is also the path where your frameworks entrypoint (usually index.php
) should be found.
Some frameworks however provide its actual content in nested directories of unknown levels. This would be impossible to figure out by the web server, so you manually have to symlink it back to its expected path.
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-typo $ ln -s typo3/public htdocs
How does the directory structure look after symlinking:
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-typo $ tree -L 1
.
├── typo3
└── htdocs -> typo3/public
2 directories, 0 files
As you can see from the above directory structure, htdocs
is available in its expected path and points to the frameworks entrypoint.
Important
When using Docker Toolbox, you need to explicitly allow the usage of symlinks. See below for instructions:
- Docker Toolbox and
howto_docker_toolbox_and_the_devilbox_windows_symlinks
If you have Auto DNS configured already, you can skip this section, because DNS entries will be available automatically by the bundled DNS server.
If you don't have Auto DNS configured, you will need to add the following line to your host operating systems /etc/hosts
file (or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
on Windows):
127.0.0.1 my-typo.loc
howto_add_project_hosts_entry_on_mac
howto_add_project_hosts_entry_on_win
setup_auto_dns
To continue installing via the guided web install, you need to create a file called FIRST_INSTALL
in the document root.
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-typo $ touch htdocs/FIRST_INSTALL
Open your browser at http://my-typo.loc or https://my-typo.loc.
- Select database
- Connection: Manually configured MySWQL TCP/IP connection
- Username: root
- Password
- Host: 127.0.0.1
- Port: 3306
- Select database
- Create a new database:
typo3
- Create a new database:
- Create Administrative User / Specify Site Name
- Username: admin
- Password: choose a secure password
- Site name: My Typo
- Installation complete
- Create empty starting page