LEMP STACK, Using php-fpm, with nginx as a frontend load balancer, with redis for session management, and MySql

Images used

• mysql:5.7.22

• php:7.1.0-fpm

• redis:3-alpine

  • inside this image we run the following command:

      RUN pecl install `redis-3.0.0` \
      && docker-php-ext-enable redis \
      && apt-get update \
      && apt-get install -y git zlib1g-dev \
      && docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql zip
  

  • note: redis-3.0.0 is the only one that seems to work with these set of images.

• NOTE:

  • you must add the following to your index.php file or anywhere you start your first session

    ini_set('session.save_handler', 'redis');
    ini_set('session.save_path', 'tcp://redisfrontend:6379, tcp://redisfrontend:6379');
    session_name('ElegantMVC');
    session_start();
  

Dividing the CPU

• grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo
  • my output was 2, yours may be different.

Goin Live on NGROK

NGROK always changes the web domain name in the free version. Thus, we must modify the following file:

• code/config/PHPMailer.php
• Configure gmail to send email and use your username and pass. Careful not to post to github.