Introduction

Laradock strives to make the PHP development experience easier and faster.

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 machines.

Laradock is configured to run Laravel Apps by default, and it can be modified to run all kinds of PHP Apps (Symfony, CodeIgniter, WordPress, Drupal…).

Quick Overview

Let’s see how easy it is to install NGINX, PHP, Composer, MySQL, Redis and beanstalkd:

1 - Clone Laradock inside your PHP project:

git clone https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git

2 - Enter the laradock folder and rename env-example to .env.

cp env-example .env

3 - Run your containers:

docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis beanstalkd

3 - Open your project’s .env file and set the following:

DB_HOST=mysql
REDIS_HOST=redis
QUEUE_HOST=beanstalkd

4 - Open your browser and visit localhost: http://localhost.

That's it! enjoy :)

What is Docker?

Docker 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 on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.

Why Docker not Vagrant!?

Vagrant creates Virtual Machines in minutes while Docker creates 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.

In addition to the speed, Docker gives tons of features that cannot be achieved with Vagrant.

Most importantly Docker can run on Development and on Production (same environment everywhere). While Vagrant is designed for Development only, (so you have to re-provision your server on Production every time).

Laradock VS Homestead (For Laravel Developers)

Laradock It’s like Laravel Homestead but for Docker instead of Vagrant.

Laradock and Homestead both give you complete virtual development environments. (Without the need to install and configure every single software on your own Operating System).

Homestead is a tool that controls Vagrant for you (using Homestead special commands). And Vagrant manages your Virtual Machine.
Laradock is a tool that controls Docker for you (using Docker & Docker Compose official commands). And Docker manages your Virtual Containers.

Running a virtual container is much faster than running a full virtual Machine. Thus Laradock is much faster than Homestead.

Demo Video

What’s better than a Demo Video:

Laradock v4.*
Laradock v2.*
Laradock v0.3
Laradock v0.1

Features

Easy switch between PHP versions: 7.0, 5.6, 5.5…
Choose your favorite database engine: MySQL, Postgres, MariaDB…
Run your own combination of software: Memcached, HHVM, Beanstalkd…
Every software runs on a separate container: PHP-FPM, NGINX, PHP-CLI…
Easy to customize any container, with simple edit to the Dockerfile.
All Images extends from an official base Image. (Trusted base Images).
Pre-configured NGINX for Laravel.
Easy to apply configurations inside containers.
Clean and well structured Dockerfiles (Dockerfile).
Latest version of the Docker Compose file (docker-compose).
Everything is visible and editable.
Fast Images Builds.
More to come every week..

Supported Software (Containers)

Database Engines:
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- MongoDB
- Neo4j
- RethinkDB
- PostgreSQL
- Postgres Postgis
Cache Engines:
- Redis
- Memcached
- Aerospike
PHP Servers:
- NGINX
- Apache2
- Caddy
PHP Compilers:
- PHP-FPM
- HHVM
Message Queuing Systems:
- Beanstalkd
- Beanstalkd Console
- RabbitMQ
- RabbitMQ Console
Tools:
- PhpMyAdmin
- PgAdmin
- ElasticSearch
- Selenium
- Certbot
- Mailhog
- Minio
- Workspace
  - PHP7-CLI
  - Composer
  - Git
  - Linuxbrew
  - Node
  - Gulp
  - SQLite
  - xDebug
  - Envoy
  - Deployer
  - Vim
  - Yarn
  - … Many other supported tools are not documented. (Will be updated soon)

If you can’t find your Software, build it yourself and add it to this list. Contributions are welcomed :)

Chat with us

You are welcome to join our chat room on Gitter.

Getting Started

Requirements

Git
Docker >= 1.12

Installation

Choose the setup the best suits your needs.

A) Setup for Single Project
- A.1) Already have a PHP project
- A.2) Don’t have a PHP project yet
B) Setup for Multiple Projects

A) Setup for Single Project

(Follow these steps if you want a separate Docker environment for each project)

A.1) Already have a PHP project:

(Follow these steps if you already have a PHP project, and all you need is an environment to run it)

1 - Clone laradock on your project root directory:

git submodule add https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git

Notes:

If you are not using Git yet for your project, you can use git clone instead of git submodule.
Note 2: To keep track of your Laradock changes, between your projects and also keep Laradock updated. Check this

Your folder structure should look like this:

- project1
	- laradock
- project2
	- laradock

A.2) Don’t have a PHP project yet:

(Follow these steps if you don’t have a PHP project yet, and you need an environment to create the project)

1 - Clone this repository anywhere on your machine:

git clone https://github.com/laradock/laradock.git

Your folder structure should look 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:

(Follow these steps if you want a single Docker environment for all project)

1 - Clone this repository anywhere on your machine:

git clone https://github.com/laradock/laradock.git

2 - Edit the docker-compose.yml (or the .env) file to map to your projects directories:

    applications:
        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 for Mac/Windows (Recommended). Check out Upgrading Laradock
Use Laradock v3.* (Visit the Laradock-ToolBox Branch).

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 in order to prevent as much errors as possible.

1 - Run Containers: (Make sure you are in the laradock folder before running the docker-compose commands).

Example: Running NGINX and MySQL:

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, beanstalkd-console, workspace, phpmyadmin, aerospike, pgadmin, elasticsearch, rethinkdb, postgres-postgis, certbot, mailhog, minio and more…!

(Please note that sometimes we forget to update the docs, so check the docker-compose.yml file to see an updated list of all available containers).

2 - Enter the Workspace container, to execute commands like (Artisan, Composer, PHPUnit, Gulp, …).

docker-compose exec workspace bash

Alternatively, for Windows PowerShell users: execute the following command to enter any running container:

docker exec -it {workspace-container-id} bash

Note: You can add --user=laradock to have files created as your host’s user. Example:

docker-compose exec --user=laradock workspace bash

You can change the PUID (User id) and PGID (group id) variables from the docker-compose.yml or the .env)

3 - Edit your project configurations.

Open your .env file and set the DB_HOST to mysql:

DB_HOST=mysql

If you want to install Laravel as PHP project, see How to Install Laravel in a Docker Container.

4 - Open your browser and visit your localhost address http://localhost/.

Documentation

List current running Containers

docker ps

You can also use the following command if you want to see only this project containers:

docker-compose ps

Close all running Containers

docker-compose stop

To stop single container do:

docker-compose stop {container-name}

Delete all existing Containers

docker-compose down

Enter a Container (run commands in a running Container)

1 - First list the current running containers with docker ps

2 - Enter any container using:

docker-compose exec {container-name} bash

Example: enter MySQL container

docker-compose exec mysql bash

Example: enter to MySQL prompt within MySQL container

docker-compose exec mysql mysql -u homestead -psecret

3 - To exit a container, type exit.

Edit default container configuration

Open the docker-compose.yml and change anything you want.

Examples:

Change MySQL Database Name:

    environment:
        MYSQL_DATABASE: laradock
    ...

Change Redis default port to 1111:

    ports:
        - "1111:6379"
    ...

Edit a Docker Image

1 - Find the Dockerfile of the image you want to edit,
example for mysql it will be mysql/Dockerfile.

2 - Edit the file the way you want.

3 - Re-build the container:

docker-compose build mysql

More info on Containers rebuilding here.

Build/Re-build Containers

If you do any change to any Dockerfile make sure you run this command, for the changes to take effect:

docker-compose build

Optionally you can specify which container to rebuild (instead of rebuilding all the containers):

docker-compose build {container-name}

You might use the --no-cache option if you want full rebuilding (docker-compose build --no-cache {container-name}).

Add more Software (Docker Images)

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.

View the Log files

The NGINX Log file is stored in the logs/nginx directory.

However to view the logs of all the other containers (MySQL, PHP-FPM,…) you can run this:

docker logs {container-name}

Install PHP Extensions

Before installing PHP extensions, you have to decide whether you need for the FPM or CLI because each lives on a different container, if you need it for both you have to edit both containers.

The PHP-FPM extensions should be installed in php-fpm/Dockerfile-XX. (replace XX with your default PHP version number).
The PHP-CLI extensions should be installed in workspace/Dockerfile.

Change the (PHP-FPM) Version

By default PHP-FPM 7.0 is running.

The PHP-FPM is responsible of serving your application code, you don’t have to change the PHP-CLI version if you are planning to run your application on different PHP-FPM version.

A) Switch from PHP `7.0` to PHP `5.6`

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml.

2 - Search for Dockerfile-70 in the PHP container section.

3 - Change the version number, by replacing Dockerfile-70 with Dockerfile-56, like this:

    php-fpm:
        build:
            context: ./php-fpm
            dockerfile: Dockerfile-70
    ...

4 - Finally rebuild the container

docker-compose build php-fpm

For more details about the PHP base image, visit the official PHP docker images.

B) Switch from PHP `7.0` or `5.6` to PHP `5.5`

We do not natively support PHP 5.5 anymore, but you can get it in few steps:

1 - Clone https://github.com/laradock/php-fpm.

3 - Rename Dockerfile-56 to Dockerfile-55.

3 - Edit the file FROM php:5.6-fpm to FROM php:5.5-fpm.

4 - Build an image from Dockerfile-55.

5 - Open the docker-compose.yml file.

6 - Point php-fpm to your Dockerfile-55 file.

Change the PHP-CLI Version

By default PHP-CLI 7.0 is running.

Note: it’s not very essential to edit the PHP-CLI version. The PHP-CLI is only used for the Artisan Commands & Composer. It doesn’t serve your Application code, this is the PHP-FPM job.

The PHP-CLI is installed in the Workspace container. To change the PHP-CLI version you need to edit the workspace/Dockerfile.

Right now you have to manually edit the Dockerfile or create a new one like it’s done for the PHP-FPM. (consider contributing).

Install xDebug

1 - First install xDebug in the Workspace and the PHP-FPM Containers:
a) open the docker-compose.yml file
b) search for the INSTALL_XDEBUG argument under the Workspace Container
c) set it to true
d) search for the INSTALL_XDEBUG argument under the PHP-FPM Container
e) set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=true
    ...
    php-fpm:
        build:
            context: ./php-fpm
            args:
                - INSTALL_XDEBUG=true
    ...

2 - Re-build the containers docker-compose build workspace php-fpm

3 - Open laradock/workspace/xdebug.ini and/or laradock/php-fpm/xdebug.ini and enable at least the following configurations:

xdebug.remote_autostart=1
xdebug.remote_enable=1
xdebug.remote_connect_back=1

For information on how to configure xDebug with your IDE and work it out, check this Repository.

Start/Stop xDebug:

By installing xDebug, you are enabling it to run on startup by default.

To control the behavior of xDebug (in the php-fpm Container), you can run the following commands from the Laradock root folder, (at the same prompt where you run docker-compose):

Stop xDebug from running by default: ./xdebugPhpFpm stop.
Start xDebug by default: ./xdebugPhpFpm start.
See the status: ./xdebugPhpFpm status.

Note: If ./xdebugPhpFpm doesn’t execute and gives Permission Denied error the problem can be that file xdebugPhpFpm doesn’t have execution access. This can be fixed by running chmod command with desired access permissions.

Install Deployer (Deployment tool for PHP)

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file
2 - Search for the INSTALL_DEPLOYER argument under the Workspace Container
3 - Set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_DEPLOYER=true
    ...

4 - Re-build the containers docker-compose build workspace

Deployer Documentation Here

Prepare Laradock for Production

It’s recommended for production to create a custom docker-compose.yml file. For that reason, Laradock is shipped with production-docker-compose.yml which should contain only the containers you are planning to run on production (usage example: docker-compose -f production-docker-compose.yml up -d nginx mysql redis ...).

Note: The Database (MySQL/MariaDB/…) ports should not be forwarded on production, because Docker will automatically publish the port on the host, which is quite insecure, unless specifically told not to. So make sure to remove these lines:

ports:
    - "3306:3306"

To learn more about how Docker publishes ports, please read this excellent post on the subject.

Setup Laravel and Docker on Digital Ocean

Full Guide Here

Install Laravel from a Docker Container

1 - First you need to enter the Workspace Container.

2 - Install Laravel.

Example using Composer

composer create-project laravel/laravel my-cool-app "5.2.*"

We recommend using composer create-project instead of the Laravel installer, to install Laravel.

For more about the Laravel installation click here.

3 - Edit docker-compose.yml to Map the new application path:

By default, Laradock assumes the Laravel application is living in the parent directory of the laradock folder.

Since the new Laravel application is in the my-cool-app folder, we need to replace ../:/var/www with ../my-cool-app/:/var/www, as follow:

    application:
		 image: tianon/true
        volumes:
            - ../my-cool-app/:/var/www
    ...

4 - Go to that folder and start working..

cd my-cool-app

5 - Go back to the Laradock installation steps to see how to edit the .env file.

Run Artisan Commands

You can run artisan commands and many other Terminal commands from the Workspace container.

1 - Make sure you have the workspace container running.

docker-compose up -d workspace // ..and all your other containers

2 - Find the Workspace container name:

docker-compose ps

3 - Enter the Workspace container:

docker-compose exec workspace bash

Add --user=laradock (example docker-compose exec --user=laradock workspace bash) to have files created as your host’s user.

4 - Run anything you want :)

php artisan

Composer update

phpunit

Run Laravel Queue Worker

1 - First add php-worker container. It will be similar as like PHP-FPM Container.
a) open the docker-compose.yml file
b) add a new service container by simply copy-paste this section below PHP-FPM container

    php-worker:
      build:
        context: ./php-fpm
        dockerfile: Dockerfile-70 # or Dockerfile-56, choose your PHP-FPM container setting
      volumes_from:
        - applications
      command: php artisan queue:work

2 - Start everything up

docker-compose up -d php-worker

Use Redis

1 - First make sure you run the Redis Container (redis) with the docker-compose up command.

docker-compose up -d redis

2 - Open your Laravel’s .env file and set the REDIS_HOST to redis

REDIS_HOST=redis

If you don’t find the REDIS_HOST variable in your .env file. Go to the database configuration file config/database.php and replace the default 127.0.0.1 IP with redis for Redis like this:

'redis' => [
    'cluster' => false,
    'default' => [
        'host'     => 'redis',
        'port'     => 6379,
        'database' => 0,
    ],
],

3 - To enable Redis Caching and/or for Sessions Management. Also from the .env file set CACHE_DRIVER and SESSION_DRIVER to redis instead of the default file.

CACHE_DRIVER=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=redis

4 - Finally make sure you have the predis/predis package (~1.0) installed via Composer:

composer require predis/predis:^1.0

5 - You can manually test it from Laravel with this code:

\Cache::store('redis')->put('Laradock', 'Awesome', 10);

Use Mongo

1 - First install mongo in the Workspace and the PHP-FPM Containers:
a) open the docker-compose.yml file
b) search for the INSTALL_MONGO argument under the Workspace Container
c) set it to true
d) search for the INSTALL_MONGO argument under the PHP-FPM Container
e) set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_MONGO=true
    ...
    php-fpm:
        build:
            context: ./php-fpm
            args:
                - INSTALL_MONGO=true
    ...

2 - Re-build the containers docker-compose build workspace php-fpm

3 - Run the MongoDB Container (mongo) with the docker-compose up command.

docker-compose up -d mongo

4 - Add the MongoDB configurations to the config/database.php configuration file:

'connections' => [

    'mongodb' => [
        'driver'   => 'mongodb',
        'host'     => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'port'     => env('DB_PORT', 27017),
        'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'database'),
        'username' => '',
        'password' => '',
        'options'  => [
            'database' => '',
        ]
    ],

	// ...

],

5 - Open your Laravel’s .env file and update the following variables:

set the DB_HOST to your mongo.
set the DB_PORT to 27017.
set the DB_DATABASE to database.

6 - Finally make sure you have the jenssegers/mongodb package installed via Composer and its Service Provider is added.

composer require jenssegers/mongodb

More details about this here.

7 - Test it:

First let your Models extend from the Mongo Eloquent Model. Check the documentation.
Enter the Workspace Container.
Migrate the Database php artisan migrate.

Use PhpMyAdmin

1 - Run the phpMyAdmin Container (phpmyadmin) with the docker-compose up command. Example:

# use with mysql
docker-compose up -d mysql phpmyadmin

# use with mariadb
docker-compose up -d mariadb phpmyadmin

2 - Open your browser and visit the localhost on port 8080: http://localhost:8080

Use PgAdmin

1 - Run the pgAdmin Container (pgadmin) with the docker-compose up command. Example:

docker-compose up -d postgres pgadmin

2 - Open your browser and visit the localhost on port 5050: http://localhost:5050

Use Beanstalkd

1 - Run the Beanstalkd Container:

docker-compose up -d beanstalkd

2 - Configure Laravel to connect to that container by editing the config/queue.php config file.

a. first set beanstalkd as default queue driver b. set the queue host to beanstalkd : QUEUE_HOST=beanstalkd

beanstalkd is now available on default port 11300.

3 - Require the dependency package pda/pheanstalk using composer.

Optionally you can use the Beanstalkd Console Container to manage your Queues from a web interface.

1 - Run the Beanstalkd Console Container:

docker-compose up -d beanstalkd-console

2 - Open your browser and visit http://localhost:2080/

3 - Add the server

Host: beanstalkd
Port: 11300

4 - Done.

Use ElasticSearch

1 - Run the ElasticSearch Container (elasticsearch) with the docker-compose up command:

docker-compose up -d elasticsearch

2 - Open your browser and visit the localhost on port 9200: http://localhost:9200

Install ElasticSearch Plugin

1 - Install the ElasticSearch plugin like delete-by-query.

docker exec {container-name} /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin install delete-by-query

2 - Restart elasticsearch container

docker restart {container-name}

Use Selenium

1 - Run the Selenium Container (selenium) with the docker-compose up command. Example:

docker-compose up -d selenium

2 - Open your browser and visit the localhost on port 4444 at the following URL: http://localhost:4444/wd/hub

Use RethinkDB

The RethinkDB is an open-source Database for Real-time Web (RethinkDB). A package (Laravel RethinkDB) is being developed and was released a version for Laravel 5.2 (experimental).

1 - Run the RethinkDB Container (rethinkdb) with the docker-compose up command.

docker-compose up -d rethinkdb

2 - Access the RethinkDB Administration Console http://localhost:8090/#tables for create a database called database.

3 - Add the RethinkDB configurations to the config/database.php configuration file:

'connections' => [

	'rethinkdb' => [
		'name'      => 'rethinkdb',
		'driver'    => 'rethinkdb',
		'host'      => env('DB_HOST', 'rethinkdb'),
		'port'      => env('DB_PORT', 28015),
		'database'  => env('DB_DATABASE', 'test'),
	]

	// ...

],

4 - Open your Laravel’s .env file and update the following variables:

set the DB_CONNECTION to your rethinkdb.
set the DB_HOST to rethinkdb.
set the DB_PORT to 28015.
set the DB_DATABASE to database.

Use Minio

1 - Configure Minio: - On the workspace container, change INSTALL_MC to true to get the client - Set MINIO_ACCESS_KEY and MINIO_ACCESS_SECRET if you wish to set proper keys

2 - Run the Minio Container (minio) with the docker-compose up command. Example:

docker-compose up -d minio

3 - Open your browser and visit the localhost on port 9000 at the following URL: http://localhost:9000

4 - Create a bucket either through the webui or using the mc client:

  mc mb minio/bucket

5 - When configuring your other clients use the following details:

  S3_HOST=http://minio
  S3_KEY=access
  S3_SECRET=secretkey
  S3_REGION=us-east-1
  S3_BUCKET=bucket

Install CodeIgniter

To install CodeIgniter 3 on Laradock all you have to do is the following simple steps:

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file.

2 - Change CODEIGNITER=false to CODEIGNITER=true.

3 - Re-build your PHP-FPM Container docker-compose build php-fpm.

Miscellaneous

Change the timezone

To change the timezone for the workspace container, modify the TZ build argument in the Docker Compose file to one in the TZ database.

For example, if I want the timezone to be New York:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - TZ=America/New_York
    ...

We also recommend setting the timezone in Laravel.

Adding cron jobs

You can add your cron jobs to workspace/crontab/root after the php artisan line.

* * * * * php /var/www/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

# Custom cron
* * * * * root echo "Every Minute" > /var/log/cron.log 2>&1

Make sure you change the timezone if you don’t want to use the default (UTC).

Access workspace via ssh

You can access the workspace container through localhost:2222 by setting the INSTALL_WORKSPACE_SSH build argument to true.

To change the default forwarded port for ssh:

    workspace:
		ports:
			- "2222:22" # Edit this line
    ...

MySQL access from host

You can forward the MySQL/MariaDB port to your host by making sure these lines are added to the mysql or mariadb section of the docker-compose.yml or in your environment specific Compose file.

ports:
    - "3306:3306"

MySQL root access

The default username and password for the root MySQL user are root and root.

1 - Enter the MySQL container: docker-compose exec mysql bash.

2 - Enter mysql: mysql -uroot -proot for non root access use mysql -uhomestead -psecret.

3 - See all users: SELECT User FROM mysql.user;

4 - Run any commands show databases, show tables, select * from......

Change MySQL port

Modify the mysql/my.cnf file to set your port number, 1234 is used as an example.

[mysqld]
port=1234

If you need MySQL access from your host, do not forget to change the internal port number ("3306:3306" -> "3306:1234") in the docker-compose configuration file.

Use custom Domain (instead of the Docker IP)

Assuming your custom domain is laravel.dev

1 - Open your /etc/hosts file and map your localhost address 127.0.0.1 to the laravel.dev domain, by adding the following:

127.0.0.1    laravel.dev

2 - Open your browser and visit {http://laravel.dev}

Optionally you can define the server name in the NGINX configuration file, like this:

server_name laravel.dev;

Enable Global Composer Build Install

Enabling Global Composer Install during the build for the container allows you to get your composer requirements installed and available in the container after the build is done.

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file

2 - Search for the COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL argument under the Workspace Container and set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - COMPOSER_GLOBAL_INSTALL=true
    ...

3 - Now add your dependencies to workspace/composer.json

4 - Re-build the Workspace Container docker-compose build workspace

Install Prestissimo

Prestissimo is a plugin for composer which enables parallel install functionality.

1 - Enable Running Global Composer Install during the Build:

Click on this Enable Global Composer Build Install and do steps 1 and 2 only then continue here.

2 - Add prestissimo as requirement in Composer:

a - Now open the workspace/composer.json file

b - Add "hirak/prestissimo": "^0.3" as requirement

c - Re-build the Workspace Container docker-compose build workspace

Install Node + NVM

To install NVM and NodeJS in the Workspace container

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file

2 - Search for the INSTALL_NODE argument under the Workspace Container and set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_NODE=true
    ...

3 - Re-build the container docker-compose build workspace

Install Node + YARN

Yarn is a new package manager for JavaScript. It is so faster than npm, which you can find here.To install NodeJS and Yarn in the Workspace container:

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file

2 - Search for the INSTALL_NODE and INSTALL_YARN argument under the Workspace Container and set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_NODE=true
                - INSTALL_YARN=true
    ...

3 - Re-build the container docker-compose build workspace

Install Linuxbrew

Linuxbrew is a package manager for Linux. It is the Linux version of MacOS Homebrew and can be found here. To install Linuxbrew in the Workspace container:

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file

2 - Search for the INSTALL_LINUXBREW argument under the Workspace Container and set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_LINUXBREW=true
    ...

3 - Re-build the container docker-compose build workspace

Common Terminal Aliases

When you start your docker container, Laradock will copy the aliases.sh file located in the laradock/workspace directory and add sourcing to the container ~/.bashrc file.

You are free to modify the aliases.sh as you see fit, adding your own aliases (or function macros) to suit your requirements.

Install Aerospike extension

1 - First install aerospike in the Workspace and the PHP-FPM Containers:
a) open the docker-compose.yml file
b) search for the INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION argument under the Workspace Container
c) set it to true
d) search for the INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION argument under the PHP-FPM Container
e) set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=true
    ...
    php-fpm:
        build:
            context: ./php-fpm
            args:
                - INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION=true
    ...

2 - Re-build the containers docker-compose build workspace php-fpm

Install Laravel Envoy (Envoy Task Runner)

1 - Open the docker-compose.yml file
2 - Search for the INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY argument under the Workspace Container
3 - Set it to true

It should be like this:

    workspace:
        build:
            context: ./workspace
            args:
                - INSTALL_LARAVEL_ENVOY=true
    ...

4 - Re-build the containers docker-compose build workspace

Laravel Envoy Documentation Here

PHPStorm Debugging Guide

Remote debug Laravel web and phpunit tests.

Debugging Guide Here

Keep track of your Laradock changes

Fork the Laradock repository.
Use that fork as a submodule.
Commit all your changes to your fork.
Pull new stuff from the main repository from time to time.

Upgrading Laradock

Moving from Docker Toolbox (VirtualBox) to Docker Native (for Mac/Windows). Requires upgrading Laradock from v3.* to v4.*:

Stop the docker VM docker-machine stop {default}
Install Docker for Mac or Windows.
Upgrade Laradock to v4.*.* (git pull origin master)
Use Laradock as you used to do: docker-compose up -d nginx mysql.

Note: If you face any problem with the last step above: rebuild all your containers docker-compose build --no-cache “Warning Containers Data might be lost!”

Improve speed on MacOS

Sharing code into Docker containers with osxfs have very poor performance compared to Linux. You can get around this issue by using NFS to share your files betwen your host and your container.

How to share files using NFS (d4m-nfs)

d4m-nfs automatically mount NFS volume instead of osxfs one.

1) Update the Docker [File Sharing] preferences:

Click on the Docker Icon > Preferences > (remove everything form the list except /tmp).

2) Restart Docker.

3) Clone the d4m-nfs repository to your home directory.

git clone https://github.com/IFSight/d4m-nfs ~/d4m-nfs

4) Create (or edit) the file ~/d4m-nfs/etc/d4m-nfs-mounts.txt, and write the follwing configuration in it:

/Users:/Users
/Volumes:/Volumes
/private:/private

5) Create (or edit) the file /etc/exports, make sure it exists and is empty. (There may be collisions if you come from Vagrant or if you already executed the d4m-nfs.sh script before).

6) Run the d4m-nfs.sh script:

~/d4m-nfs/d4m-nfs.sh

That’s it! Run your containers.. Example:

docker-compose up -d nginx mysql

Note: If you faced any errors, try restarting Docker, and make sure you have no spaces in the d4m-nfs-mounts.txt file, and your /etc/exports file is clear.

Common Problems

Here’s a list of the common problems you might face, and the possible solutions.

I see a blank (white) page instead of the Laravel ‘Welcome’ page!

Run the following command from the Laravel root directory:

sudo chmod -R 777 storage bootstrap/cache

I see “Welcome to nginx” instead of the Laravel App!

Use http://127.0.0.1 instead of http://localhost in your browser.

I see an error message containing `address already in use` or `port is already allocated`

Make sure the ports for the services that you are trying to run (22, 80, 443, 3306, etc.) are not being used already by other programs on the host, such as a built in apache/httpd service or other development tools you have installed.

I get NGINX error 404 Not Found on Windows.

Go to docker Settings on your Windows machine.
Click on the Shared Drives tab and check the drive that contains your project files.
Enter your windows username and password.
Go to the reset tab and click restart docker.

The time in my services does not match the current time

Make sure you’ve changed the timezone.
Stop and rebuild the containers (docker-compose up -d --build <services>)

I get MySQL connection refused

This error sometimes happens because your Laravel application isn’t running on the container localhost IP (Which is 127.0.0.1). Steps to fix it:

Option A
1. Check your running Laravel application IP by dumping Request::ip() variable using dd(Request::ip()) anywhere on your application. The result is the IP of your Laravel container.
2. Change the DB_HOST variable on env with the IP that you received from previous step.
Option B
1. Change the DB_HOST value to the same name as the MySQL docker container. The Laradock docker-compose file currently has this as mysql

Related Projects

Laradock related projects:

Laradock CLI by LorinLee
Laradock Env by BAGArt
Klaradock by Kim Hsiao
Ansible Laradock Kubernetes by Sifat Rahim These Docker Compose projects have piqued our interest:
MageDock by Ujjwal Ojha
RubyDev-Dock by Diogo Scudelletti
NoDock by Osedea

If you want your project listed here, please open an issue.

Help & Questions

Join the chat room on Gitter and get help and support from the community.

You can as well can open an issue on Github (will be labeled as Question) and discuss it with people on Gitter.

Contributing

Your contribution is more than welcome.

Got a Question or Problem?

If you have questions about how to use Laradock, please direct your questions to the discussion on Gitter. If you believe your question could help others, then consider opening an Issue (it will be labeled as Question).

Found an Issue?

If you find a bug in the source code or a mistake in the documentation, you can help us by submitting an Issue. Even better you can submit a Pull Request with a fix.

Want a Feature?

You can request a new feature by submitting an Issue (it will be labeled as Feature Suggestion). If you would like to implement a new feature then consider submitting a Pull Request.

Update Documentation (Site)

Laradock uses Hugo as website generator tool, with the Material Docs theme. You might need to check their docs quickly.

Install Hugo on your machine.
Clone laradock.
Go to /docs.
Delete everything except the _settings folder & the CNAME file.
Open docs/_settings from your terminal and run hugo serve to host the website locally.
Open the docs/_settings/content and search for the folder of the section you want to edit.
In each section there’s an index.md file, that’s the file you need to edit.
To edit the sidebar (in case you are adding new section) go to docs/_settings/config.toml and add the section there.
After done editing, run the this command hugo to generate the updated site inside the docs folder.
Go back to the project root directory, commit and push..

Coding Guidelines

Support new Software

Create folder with the software name.
Add a Dockerfile, write your code there.
You may add additional files in the software folder.
Add the software to the docker-compose.yml file.
Make sure you follow our commenting style.
Add the software in the Readme.

Edit existing Software

Open the software (container) folder.
Edit the files you want to update.
Note: If you want to edit the base image of the Workspace or the php-fpm Containers, you need to edit their Docker-files from their GitHub repositories. For more info read their Dockerfiles comment on the Laradock repository.
Make sure to update the Readme in case you made any changes.

Issue/PR Submission Guidelines

Submitting an Issue

Before you submit your issue search the archive, maybe your question was already answered.

If your issue appears to be a bug, and hasn’t been reported, open a new issue. Help us to maximize the effort we can spend fixing issues and adding new features, by not reporting duplicate issues.

Before Submitting a Pull Request (PR)

Always Test everything and make sure its working:

Pull the latest updates (or fork of you don’t have permission)
Before editing anything:
- Test building the container (docker-compose build –no-cache container-name) build with no cache first.
- Test running the container with some other containers in real app and see of everything is working fine.
Now edit the container (edit section by section and test rebuilding the container after every edited section)
- Testing building the container (docker-compose build container-name) with no errors.
- Test it in real App.

Submitting a PR

Consider the following guidelines:

Search GitHub for an open or closed Pull Request that relates to your submission. You don’t want to duplicate effort.
Make your changes in a new git branch:
```
 git checkout -b my-fix-branch master
```
Commit your changes using a descriptive commit message.
Push your branch to GitHub:
```
git push origin my-fix-branch
```
In GitHub, send a pull request to laradock:master.
If we suggest changes then:
- Make the required updates.
- Commit your changes to your branch (e.g. my-fix-branch).
- Push the changes to your GitHub repository (this will update your Pull Request).

If the PR gets too outdated we may ask you to rebase and force push to update the PR:

git rebase master -i
git push origin my-fix-branch -f

WARNING. Squashing or reverting commits and forced push thereafter may remove GitHub comments on code that were previously made by you and others in your commits.

After your PR is merged

After your pull request is merged, you can safely delete your branch and pull the changes from the main (upstream) repository:

Delete the remote branch on GitHub either through the GitHub web UI or your local shell as follows:
```
git push origin --delete my-fix-branch
```
Check out the master branch:
```
git checkout master -f
```
Delete the local branch:
```
git branch -D my-fix-branch
```
Update your master with the latest upstream version:
```
git pull --ff upstream master
```

Happy Coding :)

License

MIT License (MIT)

Introduction

Quick Overview

What is Docker?

Why Docker not Vagrant!?

Laradock VS Homestead (For Laravel Developers)

Demo Video

Features

Supported Software (Containers)

Chat with us

Getting Started

Requirements

Installation

A) Setup for Single Project

A.1) Already have a PHP project:

A.2) Don’t have a PHP project yet:

B) Setup for Multiple Projects:

Usage

Documentation

List current running Containers

Close all running Containers

Delete all existing Containers

Enter a Container (run commands in a running Container)

Edit default container configuration

Edit a Docker Image

Build/Re-build Containers

Add more Software (Docker Images)

View the Log files

Install PHP Extensions

Change the (PHP-FPM) Version

A) Switch from PHP 7.0 to PHP 5.6

B) Switch from PHP 7.0 or 5.6 to PHP 5.5

Change the PHP-CLI Version

Install xDebug

Start/Stop xDebug:

Install Deployer (Deployment tool for PHP)

Prepare Laradock for Production

Setup Laravel and Docker on Digital Ocean

Full Guide Here

Install Laravel from a Docker Container

Run Artisan Commands

Run Laravel Queue Worker

Use Redis

Use Mongo

Use PhpMyAdmin

Use PgAdmin

Use Beanstalkd

Use ElasticSearch

Install ElasticSearch Plugin

Use Selenium

Use RethinkDB

Use Minio

Install CodeIgniter

Miscellaneous

Change the timezone

Adding cron jobs

Access workspace via ssh

MySQL access from host

MySQL root access

Change MySQL port

Use custom Domain (instead of the Docker IP)

Enable Global Composer Build Install

Install Prestissimo

Install Node + NVM

Install Node + YARN

Install Linuxbrew

Common Terminal Aliases

Install Aerospike extension

Install Laravel Envoy (Envoy Task Runner)

PHPStorm Debugging Guide

Keep track of your Laradock changes

Upgrading Laradock

Improve speed on MacOS

Common Problems

I see a blank (white) page instead of the Laravel ‘Welcome’ page!

I see “Welcome to nginx” instead of the Laravel App!

I see an error message containing address already in use or port is already allocated

I get NGINX error 404 Not Found on Windows.

The time in my services does not match the current time

I get MySQL connection refused

Related Projects

A) Switch from PHP `7.0` to PHP `5.6`

B) Switch from PHP `7.0` or `5.6` to PHP `5.5`

I see an error message containing `address already in use` or `port is already allocated`