laravel-in-docker

Turn any existing laravel project into docker project.

• Persistent database
• Persistent codebase lets you use your favourite IDE/Editor.
• No file permission issue inherits user and permission from the host machine.
• PhpMyAdmin Out of the box

Installation

Download and extract the Zip file.

Copy the docker-compose.yml,DockerFile and docker-compose in your existing Laravel project root directory.

Initial SQL: docker-compose/mysql/init_db.sql

Customization

In docker-compose.yml :

Change the user and uid according to your host machine's current username and user id.

You may issue echo $UID in your console to see the uid and whoami to see the user.

docker-compose will read the DB credentials from your Laravel's .env file.

So make sure your Laravel project files with .env file is already there.

Sample .env settings

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=db

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=laravel

DB_USERNAME=root

DB_PASSWORD=larapass

Build and Up

Build the app image with the following command:

docker-compose build app

When the build is finished, you can run the environment in background mode with:

docker-compose up -d

Run any command inside the app, use docker-composer exec app

Or: docker exec -it laravel-app bash to enter the bash of of the container named app

Login as root: docker exec -u root -it laravel-app bash

Example:

docker-compose exec app composer install

docker-compose exec app php artisan key:generate

Now go to your browser and access your server’s domain name or IP address on port 8000:

http://localhost:8000

To access phpMyAdmin:

http://localhost:3030

Codebase