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LimeSurvey

LimeSurvey - the most popular Free Open Source Software survey tool on the web.

https://www.limesurvey.org/en/

This docker image easies limesurvey installation. It includes a MySQL database as well a web server.

Usage

To run limesurvey in 80 port just:

docker pull unixelias/limesurvey:latest
docker run -d --name limesurvey -p 80:80 unixelias/limesurvey:latest

1. Go to a browser and type http://localhost
2. Click Next until you reach the Database configuration screen
3. Then enter the following in the field:

• Database type MySQL
• Database location mysqldb
• Database user root
• Database root passwd toor
• Database password passwd
• Database name surveys #Or whatever you like
• Table prefix lime_ #Or whatever you like

You are ready to go.

Environment variables

To run limesurvey in a different http location set the HTTP_LOCATION environment variable.

docker run -d --name limesurvey -p 80:80 -e HTTP_LOCATION="surveys" unixelias/limesurvey:latest

Limesurvey will then be available via http://localhost/surveys.

Database in volumes

If you want to preserve data in the event of a container deletion, or version upgrade, you can assign the MySQL data into a named volume:

docker volume create --name mysql
docker run -d --name limesurvey -v mysql:/var/lib/mysql -p 80:80 unixelias/limesurvey:latest

If you delete the container simply run again the above command. The installation page will appear again. Don't worry just put the same parameters as before and limesurvey will recognize the database.

Upload folder

If you want to preserve the uploaded files in the event of a container deletion, or version upgrade, you can assign the upload folder into a named volume:

docker volume create --name upload
docker run -d --name limesurvey -v upload:/app/upload -v mysql:/var/lib/mysql -p 80:80 unixelias/limesurvey:latest

If you delete the container simply run again the above command. The installation page will appear again. Don't worry just put the same parameters as before and limesurvey will recognize the database and the uploaded files including images.

Using Docker Compose

You can use docker compose to automate the above command if you create a file called docker-compose.yml and put in there the following:

version: '2'
services:
  mysqldb:
    image: mysql:latest
    volumes:
      - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: always
    hostname: mysqldb
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: toor
      MYSQL_DATABASE: surveys
      MYSQL_USER: user
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: password

  limesurvey:
    depends_on:
      - mysqldb
    volumes:
      - upload:/app/upload
    image:
      unixelias/limesurvey:latest
volumes:
  mysql:
  upload:

And run:

docker-compose up -d