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This project has been deprecated

It was great at the time but has been far surpassed by Docksal, Lando, or DDEV.

Although these are much heavier, they are far superior.

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Docker Local Web Server

Nginx or Apache? PHP 7 or 5? How about every permutation at once?

This is a set of containers that let you host multiple websites with different server configurations. Choose between Nginx or Apache, PHP7 or PHP5. There's also MySQL and phpMyAdmin in there too.

Requirements

You need Docker and Docker Compose. These installation instructions differ depending on your platform, but can be found here for Docker and here for Docker Compose.

Installation and Configuration

• Clone this repo (git clone https://github.com/Hambrook/Docker-Local-Web-Server.git)
• Then enter the directory and open the docker-compose.yml file. Update the "/data" paths to your local web root.
• Open up your terminal, navigate to the directory containing the docker-compose.yml file and run sudo docker-compose up -d

Configuring Vhosts

There are 4 vhosts already configured:

• localhost-n5 = Nginx, PHP5
• localhost-n7 = Nginx, PHP7
• localhost-a5 = Apache, PHP5
• localhost-a7 = Apache, PHP7

Remember to add these hosts to your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost-n5
127.0.0.1 localhost-n7
127.0.0.1 localhost-a5
127.0.0.1 localhost-a7

To create a new website, just copy either one of the files in nginx/vhosts/ that matches what you're setting up (eg localhost-n7 is Nginx with PHP7), rename and update it to match the hostname you're setting up.

Creating a new Apache website also involves creating an Apache vhost. Go into either php5-apache/vhosts/ or php7-apache/vhosts/ and create your vhost there.

Restart the servers by running sudo docker-compose up -d and your new sites should work.

Database

The MariaDB and MySQL instances use the usernames/passwords of root/root. All containers have access to these containers via mariadb:3306 and mysql:3306. The host can also access MariaDB via localhost:3306 and MySQL via localhost:3308.

You can also use phpMyAdmin via http://localhost:1234/ to log into either database server using mariadb or mysql and root/root.

Installed Modules

A number of modules are already installed, and this list may expand.

PHP7

• bcmath
• iconv
• mbstring
• mcrypt
• mysqli
• pdo_mysql

PHP5

• bz2
• curl
• gd
• iconv
• imap
• mbstring
• mysqli
• pdo_mysql

Apache

• rewrite

FAQ

Why?

Because I need to develop for modern servers while also maintaining legacy systems. I did have each configuration as a separate Docker Composer config so I could stop the Nginx/PHP7 server and start the Apache/PHP5 one, but this is easier.

Does data get lost when the containers are stopped or rebuilt?

Your website files and database will be retained, but any logs will be lost. Feel free to pipe them to specific outputs if you wish.

Why are the images so big?

I'm using the default Docker images where possible, and they haven't made the move to being based on Alpine yet. Hopefully they catch up.

Feedback

Tell me if you loved it. Tell me if you hated it. Tell me if you used it and thought "meh". I'm keen to hear your feedback.

Contributing

Feel free to fork this project and submit pull requests, or even just request features via the issue tracker. Please be descriptive with pull requests and match the existing code style.

Roadmap

• Add xDebug
• Add SSL
• Make it easier to customise web roots
• Update to use one Apache container that references the PHP FPM containers
• Move to lighter weight containers, or just wait for them to migrate to Alphine or something
• Rename this package to something better
• If you have an idea, let me know.

License

Copyright © 2016 Rick Hambrook

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.