--- date: 2017 title: Getting started weight: 10 --- ## Requirements - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) - [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/docker/) `>= 1.12` ## Installation Choose the setup the best suits your needs. #### A) Setup for Single Project: *(In case you want a Docker environment for each project)* ##### A.1) Setup environment in existing Project: *(In case you already have a project, and you want to setup an environment to run it)* 1 - Clone this repository on your project root directory: ```bash git submodule add https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git ``` *Note 1: If you are not yet using Git for your PHP project, you can use `git clone https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git` instead.* *Note 2: To keep track of your LaraDock changes, between your projects and also keep LaraDock updated. [Check this](#keep-tracking-LaraDock)* *Note 3: In this case the folder structure will be like this:* ``` - project1 - laradock - project2 - laradock ``` ##### A.2) Setup environment first then create project: *(In case you don't have a project, and you want to create your project inside the Docker environment)* 1 - Clone this repository anywhere on your machine: ```bash git clone https://github.com/laradock/laradock.git ``` Note: In this case the folder structure will be like this: ``` - projects - laradock - myProject ``` 2 - Edit the `docker-compose.yml` file to map to your project directory once you have it (example: `- ../myProject:/var/www`). 3 - Stop and re-run your docker-compose command for the changes to take place. ``` docker-compose stop && docker-compose up -d XXXX YYYY ZZZZ .... ``` #### B) Setup for Multiple Projects: 1 - Clone this repository anywhere on your machine: ```bash git clone https://github.com/laradock/laradock.git ``` 2 - Edit the `docker-compose.yml` file to map to your projects directories: ``` applications: image: tianon/true volumes: - ../project1/:/var/www/project1 - ../project2/:/var/www/project2 ``` 3 - You can access all sites by visiting `http://localhost/project1/public` and `http://localhost/project2/public` but of course that's not very useful so let's setup NGINX quickly. 4 - Go to `nginx/sites` and copy `sample.conf.example` to `project1.conf` then to `project2.conf` 5 - Open the `project1.conf` file and edit the `server_name` and the `root` as follow: ``` server_name project1.dev; root /var/www/project1/public; ``` Do the same for each project `project2.conf`, `project3.conf`,... 6 - Add the domains to the **hosts** files. ``` 127.0.0.1 project1.dev ``` 7 - Create your project Databases. Right now you have to do it manually by entering your DB container, until we automate it soon. ## Usage **Read Before starting:** If you are using **Docker Toolbox** (VM), do one of the following: - Upgrade to Docker [Native](https://www.docker.com/products/docker) for Mac/Windows (Recommended). Check out [Upgrading LaraDock](#upgrading-laradock) - Use LaraDock v3.* (Visit the `LaraDock-ToolBox` [Branch](https://github.com/laradock/laradock/tree/LaraDock-ToolBox)).
>**Warning:** If you used an older version of LaraDock it's highly recommended to rebuild the containers you need to use [see how you rebuild a container](#Build-Re-build-Containers) in order to prevent errors as much as possible.
1 - Run Containers: *(Make sure you are in the `laradock` folder before running the `docker-compose` commands).* **Example:** Running NGINX and MySQL: ```bash docker-compose up -d nginx mysql ``` **Note**: The `workspace` and `php-fpm` will run automatically in most of the cases, so no need to specify them in the `up` command. If you couldn't find them running then you need specify them as follow: `docker-compose up -d nginx php-fpm mysql workspace`. You can select your own combination of Containers form the list below: `nginx`, `hhvm`, `php-fpm`, `mysql`, `redis`, `postgres`, `mariadb`, `neo4j`, `mongo`, `apache2`, `caddy`, `memcached`, `beanstalkd`, `beanstalkd-console`, `rabbitmq`, `workspace`, `phpmyadmin`, `aerospike`, `pgadmin`, `elasticsearch`, `rethinkdb`.
2 - Enter the Workspace container, to execute commands like (Artisan, Composer, PHPUnit, Gulp, ...). ```bash docker-compose exec workspace bash ``` Alternatively, for Windows PowerShell users: execute the following command to enter any running container: ```bash docker exec -it {workspace-container-id} bash ``` **Note:** You can add `--user=laradock` (example `docker-compose exec --user=laradock workspace bash`) to have files created as your host's user. (you can change the PUID (User id) and PGID (group id) variables from the `docker-compose.yml`).
3 - Edit your project configurations. Open your `.env` file and set the `DB_HOST` to `mysql`: ```env DB_HOST=mysql ``` *If you want to use Laravel and you don't have it installed yet, see [How to Install Laravel in a Docker Container](#Install-Laravel).*
4 - Open your browser and visit your localhost address (`http://localhost/`).
**Debugging**: if you are facing any problem here check the [Debugging](#debugging) section. If you need a special support. Contact me, more details in the [Help & Questions](#Help) section.