Link web/db docker containers with a Laravel project

README.md

Setting up

Create the following files inside your Laravel project.

• docker-compose.yml.example
• docker-compose.yml (a copy of .example file with the values overridden if necessary)
• docker/common.yml

Add the following to the .gitignore file in the main project.

docker/.data
docker-compose.yml

Running the containers

Run using the following command. You can omit -p switch if the laravel project is named aptly.

docker-compose -p appname up -d

Resources

• Docker image
• Installing additional PHP extensions

common.yml

#docker/common.yml

version: '2'
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    volumes:
      - "$PWD/docker/.data/db:/var/lib/mysql"
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: Uw*tm8?
      MYSQL_USER: webdbuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: Abc123
      MYSQL_DATABASE: webdb
  web:
    image: malitta/php
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - "$PWD:/var/www/html"

docker-compose.yml.example

version: '2'
services:
  db:
    extends:
      file: docker/common.yml
      service: db
  web:
    extends:
      file: docker/common.yml
      service: web
    ports:
      - 60000:80
    depends_on:
      - db
    links:
      - db