- WordPress Setup with Docker.
- mysql
- phpMyAdmin
- wp-cli
Run this from root
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
WordPress will be available on http://localhost:8020
phpMyAdmin: You can access php myadmin on http://localhost:8183
port: mysql:3306
username: root
password: root
phpmyadmin docker image already comes with the username root
and we have set the mysql password in the dockerfile
- If you happen to use your own WordPress setup, be sure to install and activate plugins from composer.json and add your own WordPress site URL in an .env file, You can check the .env-example file for reference.
- When we change the composer.json, run from root
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down && \
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
First line command will stops and removes all the docker containers and second line command will restart all containers.
Notice that -d
is to run in detach mode and you can always remove that flag, and run the command so you can see the live logs.
Or you can check the logs for
- Check the logs While the above command is running in detached mode ( -d ), you can run this command in a new terminal tab to see the live logs.
docker logs -f container-name
e.g.
docker container ls
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
d0b4a3b0074f wordpress:latest "docker-entrypoint.s…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:8000->80/tcp backend_wordpress_1
aad078ebe131 mysql:5.7 "docker-entrypoint.s…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 3306/tcp, 33060/tcp backend_db_1
Here container-name is backend_db_1
or backend_wordpress_1
- If you make changes to docker-compose.yml file, run the following:
If you happend to change the port in docker-compose.yml
make sure to delete the db
directory and then run below.
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down && \
docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
- If you get 404 on requests, check to see that the .htaccess file in wordpress directory has the rules
# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress