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-### What is this?
-**LaraDock** is a starter project to get you up and running with **Laravel** 5 and **Docker**.
+## Contents
-It includes a Laravel `v5.1.10` fresh installation and a pre-configured **Docker Compose** file (containg most required **images** to run a Laravel application).
-**Watch the demonstration video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQsHe6oF80](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQsHe6oF80).**
+- [Intro](#Intro)
+- [Requirements](#Requirements)
+- [Usage](#Usage)
+- [Documentation](#Documentation)
+- [Supported Images](#Supports)
![](http://s11.postimg.org/uqpl3efab/laradock.jpg)
+
+
+### What is LaraDock?
+
+**LaraDock** helps you run your **Laravel** App on **Docker** in seconds.
+
+LaraDock strives to make the development experience easier.
+It contains pre-packaged Docker Images that provides you a wonderful development environment without requiring you to install PHP, NGINX, MySQL, REDIS, and any other software on your local machine.
+
+
### What is Docker?
[Docker](https://www.docker.com) is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers, by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of [operating-system-level virtualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating-system-level_virtualization) on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
### What is Laravel?
-Are you serious!!
+Seriously!!!
-### Why Docker not Vagrant?!
+### Why Docker not Vagrant!?
[Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com) gives you Virtual Machines in minutes while Docker gives you Linux Containers in seconds.
Instead of providing a full Virtual Machines, like you get with Vagrant, Docker provides you **lightweight** Virtual Containers, that share the same kernel and allow to safely execute independent processes.
-### What's next?
-
-LaraDock strives to make the development experience easier.
-And it is inspired by [Laravel Homestead](http://laravel.com/docs/master/homestead).
-
-*In the near future LaraDock will become a stand-alone package that manages your Docker Virtual Containers as Homestead does with your Vagrant Virtual Machines.*
-
-
-
-
### Questions?
-If you have any questions please share it with us on [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/LaraDock/laradock](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/LaraDock/laradock?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) or email me on (mahmoud@zalt.me).
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/LaraDock/laradock](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/LaraDock/laradock?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
-
-## Highlights
-
-__Included Images:__
-
-- [NGINX+PHP](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/phpnginx/)
-- [MySQL](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/mysql/)
-- [Redis](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/redis/)
-- [Beanstalked](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/beanstalkd/)
-- [Data Volume](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/data/) (for MySQL & Redis)
-
-*Note: PHP and NGINX are in one container, I will split them whenever I see the need for it.*
-
-
-
-## Contents
-
-- [Requirements](#Requirements)
-- [Tutorial](#Tutorial)
-- [Usage](#Usage)
-- [Documentation](#Documentation)
-
## Requirements
-- Docker toolbox ([Download](https://www.docker.com/toolbox)) this includes:
- - VirtualBox
- - Docker Client
- - Docker Machine
- - Docker Compose (Required, minimum version 1.4.0)
- - Docker Kitematic (Not Important)
+- Laravel Installation
+- Docker Toolbox ([Download](https://www.docker.com/toolbox))
- Git ([Download](https://git-scm.com/downloads))
- Composer ([Download](https://getcomposer.org/download/))
*Note: Git & Composer can be installed on Docker Containers if you don't want to install them on your machine. (But you have to do this yourself for now).*
-
-## Tutorial
-
-What's better than a quick [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQsHe6oF80) ;)
## Usage
-1 - First clone the project
+1 - First install any version of Laravel, or use any of your existing Laravel projects.
+
+2 - Open your terminal and go to your Laravel project directory.
+
+3 - Create a new folder on the root directory of your Laravel project and name it `docker` then go into it.
```bash
- git clone https://github.com/LaraDock/laradock laradock
+mkdir docker && cd $_
```
-2 - Inside `laradock` there are 2 directories (Laravel and Docker) let's start with Laravel
+3 - Clone the LaraDock repository inside that `docker` folder.
```bash
- cd laradock/laravel
+git clone https://github.com/LaraDock/laradock.git .
```
-3 - Install the Composer packages
+4 - Find your Docker IP address.
+
+- If you are on Linux OS: your IP Address is `127.0.0.1` because the containers run directly on your localhost.
+- If you are on MAC or Windows OS and using the **docker-machine**: start your docker machine then type `docker-machine ip {VM-Name}` to get your IP Address. *(Default is 192.168.99.100)*
+- If you are on MAC or Windows OS and using **boot2docker**: type `boot2docker ip` when boot2docker is up, to get your IP Address.
+
+5 - Open your hosts file `/etc/hosts`.
```bash
- composer install
+sudo nano /etc/hosts
```
-4 - On laravel's root directory `laradock/laravel`, rename the file `.env.docker` to `.env`
+6 - Map your `Docker IP` to the `laravel.dev` domain, by adding the following to the `hosts` file.
```bash
- sudo mv .env.docker .env
+xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx laravel.dev
```
-5 - Provide some permissions (directories should be writable by the web server)
+Don't forget to replace the `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` with your Docker IP Address.
+
+7 - Open `docker-compose.yml` file and replace the `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` with your Docker IP Adress as well.
+
+8 - Open your Laravel's `.env` file and set the `DB_HOST` and the `REDIS_HOST` to `laravel.dev` instead of the default `127.0.0.1`.
+
+```env
+DB_HOST=laravel.dev
+REDIS_HOST=laravel.dev
+```
+
+9 - Finally run the containers to start coding.
```bash
- sudo chmod -R 777 storage && sudo chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache
+docker-compose up -d
```
-6 - Now let's start with the Docker stuff
-
-```bash
- cd ../docker
-```
-
-7 - Edit the hosts file `/etc/hosts` on your machine, to map your `Docker IP` to the `laravel.dev` domain
-
-```bash
- sudo nano /etc/hosts
-```
-
-`127.0.0.x laravel.dev`
-
-
-> To find the IP address:
->
-> - if you are on Linux, the containers run directly on your localhost so this `127.0.0.1` will be your IP Address.
-> - if you are on MAC and using **boot2docker**, type `boot2docker ip` when boot2docker is up.
-> - if you are on MAC and using **docker-machine**, type `docker-machine ip {VM-Name}` after starting a virtual machine.
-> - if you are on Windows, check the Docker documentation for how you get the VM IP Address.
-
-8 - Additional step for `Docker-Machine` users only. *(Skip this if you are not using `Docker-Machine`)*:
-
-a. Edit this file `docker/docker-compose.yml`
-
-b. Uncomment:
-
-```yaml
- # extra_hosts:
- # - "laravel.dev:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
-```
-c. Replace `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` with your the VM IP address.
-
-
-9 - Finally run the containers and start coding.
-
-*"Note: Only the first you run this command will take up to 7 minutes (depend on your connection speed) to download the images to your local machine, Only once in life.*
-
-```bash
- docker-compose up -d
-```
+*"Note: Only the first time you run this command, it will take up to 7 minutes (depend on your connection speed) to download the images to your local machine, Only once in life.*
10 - Open your browser and visit `http://laravel.dev`
-You should see a page like this:
-![](http://s29.postimg.org/8cvh7wq2f/Screen_Shot_2015_08_21_at_9_23_19_PM.png)
-
+> Debugging: if you faced an error, it might be that you forget to provide some permissions for Laravel, so try running the following command on the Laravel rood directory:
+`sudo chmod -R 777 storage && sudo chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache`
@@ -200,23 +151,9 @@ docker-compose rm -f
-#### Delete an Image (remove the unused software)
-To delete an image (software), just edit the `laradock/docker/docker-compose.yml` file.
+#### Remove Container
+To prevent a container (software) from running, open the `docker-compose.yml` file, and comment out the container section or remove it entirely.
-**Example:** Assume you want to remove the `Beanstalkd` Container.
-
-
-Open the `docker-compose.yml` file, and comment out the `beanstalkd` section:
-
-```yml
-# Beanstalkd Container #-----------------------------------
-# beanstalkd:
-# image: laradock/beanstalkd:latest
-# container_name: beanstalkd
-# ports:
-# - "11300:11300"
-# privileged: true
-```
#### Add an Image (add a software to run with other Containers)
To add an image (software), just edit the `laradock/docker/docker-compose.yml` and add your container details, to do so you need to be familiar with the [docker compose file syntax](https://docs.docker.com/compose/yml/).
@@ -244,7 +181,20 @@ All the images are open source and hosted on the [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker
*If you find any bug or you have and suggestion that can improve the performance of any image, please consider contributing. Thanks in advance.*
#### View the Log files
-The Log files are stored in the `laradock/docker/logs` directory.
+The Log files are stored in the `docker/logs` directory.
+
+
+
+
+## Highlights
+
+__Currently Supported Docker Images:__
+
+- [NGINX+PHP](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/phpnginx/)
+- [MySQL](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/mysql/)
+- [Redis](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/redis/)
+- [Beanstalked](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/beanstalkd/)
+- [Data Volume](https://hub.docker.com/r/laradock/data/) (for MySQL & Redis)
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-
-
## Credits
[![Mahmoud Zalt](https://img.shields.io/badge/Author-Mahmoud%20Zalt-orange.svg)](http://www.zalt.me)
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## License
[MIT License (MIT)](https://github.com/laradock/laradock/blob/master/LICENSE)
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