Wordpress Server

This repository contains the configuration of Wordpress in a docker container. You can run it on your local machine or on your server. The Wordpress server is configured to run with the latest version of Wordpress and MariaDB and can be easily customized to your needs.

You can find further information on the following websites:
https://de.wordpress.org
https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/official-documentation-samples/wordpress/

Table of contents

1. Prerequisites
2. Quickstart
3. Usage
4. Checklist

Prerequisites

• Server with Docker and Docker Compose installed
• Alternatively, you can run it on your local machine
• Git installed to clone the repository

Quickstart

This section describes how to run the Wordpress server with Docker Compose on port 8080. Only Docker Compose and Git are required to run the server.

1. Clone the repository:

git clone git@github.com:mikemeyer186/wordpress-server.git

2. Change to directory /wordpress-server:

cd wordpress-server

3. Create a .env file with the following content or copy the example.env file to .env and replace the unsafe values:

# WordPress
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=<your_database_name>
WORDPRESS_DB_USER=<your_database_user>
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=<your_database_password>

# MariaDB
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<your_root_password>
MYSQL_DATABASE=<your_database_name>
MYSQL_USER=<your_database_user>
MYSQL_PASSWORD=<your_database_password>

Note

The database name, user and password can be anything you want. Just make sure to use the same values for both Wordpress and MariaDB.

4. Run the Docker Compose file:

docker compose up -d

5. Install Wordpress:

• Open your browser and go to http://<your_host>:8080
• Select your language and click on "Continue"
• Enter your site title, username, password and email address
• Click on "Install WordPress"
• Log in to Wordpress and start your blog

5. Stop the server:

# Stop the server, but keep the data saved
docker compose down

# or stop the server and remove all data
docker compose down -v

Usage

The Wordpress server is configured to run with some basic settings. You can configure these settings in the docker-compose.yaml file.

Configuration

There are two services in the docker-compose.yaml file: wordpress and db. The wordpress service is for the Wordpress container and the db service is for the MariaDB container. You can configure the following settings:

Wordpress Service

• image: The image that is used for the service. The default image is wordpress:latest.
• ports: The ports that are exposed to the host. The default port is 8080.
• volumes: The volumes that are mounted to the host. The default volume is wp_data.
• networks: The network that is used by both services containers. The default network is wp_network.
• restart: The restart policy for the container. The default policy is unless-stopped.

MariaDB Service

• image: The image that is used for the service. The default image is mariadb:latest.
• ports: The ports that are exposed to the host. The default port is 3306.
• volumes: The volumes that are mounted to the host. The default volume is db_data.
• networks: The network that is used by both services containers. The default network is wp_network.
• restart: The restart policy for the container. The default policy is unless-stopped.