Laravel application set up for docker deployment

The project is divided into two folders. 'Basic' contains barebone laravel app.
'Complex' contains app with a simple Link model, test data generator, form submision and test units.
Docker deployment is the same for both app.

Deployment

Configuration files:

• app config : .env
• php server : php/local.ini
• nginx server : nginx/conf.d/app.conf
• mysql database: mysql/my.cnf

First install required packages for Laravel:

composer install

Then create application configuration file from exampled one. It already contains default database settings which are also located inside docker-compose file:

cp .env.example .env

Everything important is located inside docker-compose.yml file. All that is need is to run docker-compose command:

docker-compose up --build -d

This command will create 3 containers, containing php server, nginx server and mysql database with pre-created user, all connected with each other. This operation can take a while.

Next the key for Laravel framework must be generated:

docker-compose exec app php artisan key:generate

Cache the settings:

docker-compose exec app php artisan config:cache

Check if the application is connected to the databse:

docker-compose exec app php artisan migrate

It should return something like this:

Migration table created successfully.
Migrating: 2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table
Migrated:  2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table
Migrating: 2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table
Migrated:  2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table

To access the application, enter http://localhost. Home page for Laravel default app should appear.