# LaraDock
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Like Laravel Homstead but for Docker instead of Vagrant.
LaraDock helps you run your **Laravel** App on **Docker** in seconds.
## Contents
- [Intro](#Intro)
- [Requirements](#Requirements)
- [Usage](#Usage)
- [Documentation](#Documentation)
- [Docker Images](#Images)
### Intro
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?
Seriously!!!
### Why Docker not Vagrant!?
[Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com) gives you Virtual Machines in minutes while Docker gives you Virtual 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.
### Questions?
[](https://gitter.im/LaraDock/laradock?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
## Supported Software (Docker Images)
- PHP 5.6 / NGINX
- PHP 5.5 / NGINX
- MySQL
- Redis
- Data Volume (for MySQL & Redis)
- Beanstalked
The Images links on [Github](https://github.com/LaraDock)
The Images links on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/u/laradock/)
## Requirements
- Laravel ([Download](https://laravel.com/docs/master/installation))
- Docker Toolbox ([Download](https://www.docker.com/toolbox))
- Git ([Download](https://git-scm.com/downloads))
- Composer ([Download](https://getcomposer.org/download/))
## Usage
1 - Install any version of Laravel, or use any of your existing Laravel projects.
2 - Clone the LaraDock repository, inside a `docker` folder, on the root directory of your Laravel project.
```bash
git clone https://github.com/LaraDock/laradock.git docker
```
3 - 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 and using the **docker-machine**: start your docker machine then type `docker-machine ip {vm-name-here}`. *(The default IP is 192.168.99.100)*
- If you are on MAC or Windows and using **boot2docker**: type `boot2docker ip` when boot2docker is up.
4 - Open your hosts file `/etc/hosts`.
```bash
sudo nano /etc/hosts
```
5 - Map your `Docker IP` to the `laravel.dev` domain, by adding the following to the `hosts` file.
```bash
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx laravel.dev
```
Don't forget to replace the `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` with your Docker IP Address.
6 - From the new created `docker` folder in step 2, open the `docker-compose.yml` file to replace the `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` with your Docker IP Adress as well.
7 - 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
```
If you don't find the `REDIS_HOST` variable in your `.env` file. Go to the database config file `config/database.php` and replace the `127.0.0.1` with `laravel.dev` for Redis like so:
```php
'redis' => [
'cluster' => false,
'default' => [
'host' => 'laravel.dev',
'port' => 6379,
'database' => 0,
],
],
```
If you want to use Redis for Caching and/or for Sessions Management. Open the `.env` file and set `CACHE_DRIVER` and `SESSION_DRIVER` to `redis` instead of the default `file`.
```env
CACHE_DRIVER=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
```
8 - Finally run the containers. **Make sure you are in the `docker` folder** before running this command.
```bash
docker-compose up -d
```
You can run `docker-compose up` (without **-d**) if you don't want to run the containers in the background.
*"Note: Only the first time you run this command, it will take up to 5 minutes (depend on your connection speed) to download the images to your local machine.*
> Debugging: in case you faced a problem with the docker mahcine here, run this command in your current terminal session `eval "$(docker-machine env {vm-name-here})"`.
9 - Open your browser and visit `http://laravel.dev`
> Debugging: in case you faced an error here, it might be that you forget to provide some permissions for Laravel, so try running the following command on the Laravel root directory:
`sudo chmod -R 777 storage && sudo chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache`.
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## Documentation
#### See current running Containers
```bash
docker ps
```
#### Close all running Containers
```bash
docker-compose stop
```
#### Delete all existing Containers
```bash
docker-compose rm -f
```
*Note: Careful with this command as it will delete your Data Volume Container as well. (if you want to keep your Database data than you should stop each container by itself as follow):*
`docker stop {container-name}`
#### Change the PHP Version
By default **PHP 5.6** is running.
To change the default PHP version, simply open your `docker-compose.yml` file and edit this line:
```yaml
image: laradock/php56nginx:0.1.0
```
Supported versions:
- (PHP 5.5.*) laradock/php55nginx:latest
- (PHP 5.6.*) laradock/php56nginx:latest
**Note:**
If you set `laradock/phpnginx` as your image, this will pull from `laradock/php56nginx`.
#### Upgrade the docker images
By default `docker-compose.yml` is configured to use the latest stable version of the image (latest stable realease `tag`).
To use the latest build you can edit the `docker-compose.yml` file and replace the version number at the end of every image name with `:latest`
Example: change `image: laradock/mysql:0.1.0` to `image: laradock/mysql:latest`
#### 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.
#### Add an Image (add a software to run with other Containers)
To add an image (software), just edit the `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/).
#### Edit a Container (change Ports or Volumes)
To modify a container you can simply open the `docker-compose.yml` and change everything you want.
Example: if you want to set the MySQL port to 3333, just replace the default port with yours:
```yml
ports:
- "3333:3306"
```
#### View the Log files
The Log files are stored in the `docker/logs` directory.
#### Edit an existing Image (change some configuration in the image)
To edit an image, and take full control of it:
1. Clone any Image from [https://github.com/LaraDock](https://github.com/LaraDock)
2. Modify the `Dockfile`
3. Run `docker build -t {your-image-name} .`
All the images are open source and hosted on the [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/u/laradock/).
*If you find any bug or you have and suggestion that can improve the performance of any image, please consider contributing. Thanks in advance.*
## Contributing
This little project was built by one man who has a full time job and many responsibilities, so if you like this project and you find that it needs a bug fix or support for new software or upgrade for the current containers, or anything else.. Do not hesitate to contribute, you are more than welcome :)
All Docker Images can be found at [https://github.com/LaraDock](https://github.com/LaraDock)
## Support
[Issues](https://github.com/laradock/laradock/issues) on Github.
## Credits
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## License
[MIT License (MIT)](https://github.com/laradock/laradock/blob/master/LICENSE)