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LaraDock
LaraDock helps you run your Laravel App on Docker real quick.
It's like Laravel Homestead but for Docker instead of Vagrant.
With LaraDock, use Docker first and learn about it later.
## Contents
- Intro
- Demo Video
- Requirements
- Installation
- Usage
- Documentation
- Help & Questions
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.
Usage Overview: Run NGINX
, MySQL
and Redis
.
docker-compose up nginx mysql redis
Features
- Easy switch between PHP versions: 7.0 - 5.6 - 5.5 ...
- Choose your favorite database engine: MySQL - Postgres - Redis ...
- Run your own combination of software's: Memcached - MariaDB ...
- Every software runs on a separate container: PHP-FPM - NGINX ...
- 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.
- Data container, to keep Data safe and accessible.
- 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.
Supported Containers
- PHP-FPM (7.0 - 5.6 - 5.5)
- NGINX
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MariaDB
- Neo4j
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Memcached
- Beanstalkd
- Beanstalkd Console
- Caddy
- Workspace (contains: Composer, PHP7-CLI, Laravel Installer, Git, Node, Gulp, Bower, SQLite, Vim, Nano, cURL and much more)
- Data (Databases Data Container)
- Application (Application Code Container)
If you can't find your container, build it yourself and add it to this list. Contributions are welcomed :)
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.
What is Laravel?
Seriously!!!
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
LaraDock and Homestead both gives you a 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.
Requirements
Linux | Windows & MAC |
---|---|
Laravel | Laravel |
Git | Git |
Docker Engine | Docker Toolbox OR Native Docker |
Docker Compose |
Demo Video
What's better than a Demo Video :)
Installation
1 - Clone the LaraDock
repository.
A) If you already have a Laravel project, clone this repository on your Laravel
root direcotry:
git submodule add https://github.com/LaraDock/laradock.git
If you are not already using Git for your Laravel project, you can use
git clone
instead ofgit submodule
.
B) If you don't have a Laravel project, and you want to install Laravel from Docker, clone this repo anywhere on your machine:
git clone https://github.com/LaraDock/laradock.git
Usage
1 - For Windows & MAC users only: If you are not using the native Docker-Engine Beta
, make sure you have a running Docker Virtual Host on your machine.
How to run a Docker Virtual Host?
(Linux users don't need a Virtual Host, so skip this step).
2 - Run some 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
You can select your own combination of container form this list:
nginx
, mysql
, redis
, postgres
, mariadb
, neo4j
, mongo
, memcached
, beanstalkd
, beanstalkd-console
, caddy
, workspace
, data
, php-fpm
, application
.
Note: workspace
, data
, php-fpm
and application
will run automatically in most of the cases.
3 - Enter the Workspace container, to execute commands like (Artisan, Composer, PHPUnit, Gulp, ...).
docker exec -it {Workspace-Container-Name} bash
Replace {Workspace-Container-Name}
with your Workspace container name.
To find the containers names type docker-compose ps
.
4 - Edit the Laravel configurations.
If you don't have a Laravel project installed yet, see How to Install Laravel in a Docker Container.
Open your Laravel's .env
file and set the DB_HOST
to your {Docker-IP}
:
DB_HOST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
How to find my Docker IP Address?
5 - Open your browser and visit your `{Docker-IP}` address (`http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx`).
**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 section.
## Documentation
Note: this documentation doesn't cover the Docker Beta (Native Docker on MAC and Windows). However, the commands are very similar. We are planning to cover the Docker Beta soon.
[Docker]
List current running Containers
docker ps
You can also use the this command if you want to see only this project containers:
docker-compose ps
### Close all running Containers ```bash docker-compose stop ```
To stop single container do:
docker-compose stop {container-name}
### Delete all existing Containers ```bash docker-compose down ```
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):
### Enter a Container (SSH into a running Container)
1 - first list the current running containers with docker ps
2 - enter any container using:
docker exec -it {container-name} bash
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 defaut 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
If you find any bug or you have and suggestion that can improve the performance of any image, please consider contributing. Thanks in advance.
### 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}
### Add more Software's (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}
### [Laravel]
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 recommand 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/laravel
with ../my-cool-app/:/var/www/laravel
, as follow:
application:
build: ./application
volumes:
- ../my-cool-app/:/var/www/laravel
4 - Go to that folder and start working..
cd my-cool-app
### 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 exec -it {workspace-container-name} bash
4 - Run anything you want :)
php artisan
Composer update
phpunit
### 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 your Docker-IP
instead of the default 127.0.0.1
IP.
REDIS_HOST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
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 default 127.0.0.1
IP with your Docker-IP
for Redis like this:
'redis' => [
'cluster' => false,
'default' => [
'host' => 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
'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 make sure you run the MongoDB Container (mongo
) with the docker-compose up
command.
docker-compose up -d mongo
2 - Add the MongoDB configurations to the config/database.php
config file:
'connections' => [
'mongodb' => [
'driver' => 'mongodb',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', 27017),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'database'),
'username' => '',
'password' => '',
'options' => [
'database' => '',
]
],
// ...
],
3 - Open your Laravel's .env
file and update the following variables:
- set the
DB_HOST
to yourDocker-IP
. - set the
DB_PORT
to27017
. - set the
DB_DATABASE
todatabase
.
4 - 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.
5 - Test it:
- First let your Models extend from the Mongo Eloquent Model. Check the documentation.
- Enter the Workspace Container
docker exec -it laradock_workspace_1 bash
. - Migrate the Database
php artisan migrate
.
### [PHP]
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 planing to run your application on different PHP-FPM version.
1 - Open the docker-compose.yml
.
2 - Search for Dockerfile-70
in the PHP container section.
3 - Change the version number.
Example to select version 5.6 instead of 7.0 you have to replace Dockerfile-70
with Dockerfile-56
.
Sample:
php-fpm:
build:
context: ./php-fpm
dockerfile: Dockerfile-70
Supported Versions:
- For (PHP 7.0.*) use
Dockerfile-70
- For (PHP 5.6.*) use
Dockerfile-56
- For (PHP 5.5.*) use
Dockerfile-55
4 - Finally rebuild the container
docker-compose build php
For more details about the PHP base image, visit the official PHP docker images.
### Change the PHP-CLI Version By default **PHP-CLI 7.0** is running.
Note: it's not very essential to edit the PHP-CLI verion. 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).
### [Misc]
Run a Docker Virtual Host
These steps are only for Windows & MAC users (Linux users don't need a virtual host):
1 - Run the default Host:
docker-machine start default
-
If the host "default" does not exist, create one using the command below, else skip it:
-
docker-machine create -d virtualbox default
2 - Run this command to configure your shell:
eval $(docker-machine env)
### Find your Docker IP Address
On Windows & MAC:
Run this command in your terminal:
docker-machine ip default
If your Host name is different then default
, you have to specify it (docker-machine ip my-host
).
(The default IP is 192.168.99.100)
boot2docker users: run
boot2docker ip
(when boot2docker is up).
**On Linux:**
Run this command in your terminal:
ifconfig docker0 | grep 'inet' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}' | head -n1
(The default IP is 172.17.0.1)
### Use custom Domain (instead of the Docker IP)
Assuming your custom domain is laravel.dev
and your current Docker-IP
is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
.
1 - Open your /etc/hosts
file and map your Docker IP
to the laravel.dev
domain, by adding the following:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx laravel.dev
2 - Open your Laravel's .env
file and replace the 127.0.0.1
default values with your {Docker-IP}
.
Example:
DB_HOST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
3 - Open your browser and visit {http://laravel.dev}
Optionally you can define the server name in the nginx config file, like this:
server_name laravel.dev;
### Install Prestissimo
Prestissimo is a plugin for composer which enables parallel install functionality. You can enable Prestissimo by setting INSTALL_PRESTISSIMO=true
in the docker-compose.yml
file.
### Debugging
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
(or your Docker IP) instead of http://localhost
in your browser.
I see an error message containing address already in use
Make sure the ports for the services that you are trying to run (80, 3306, etc.) are not being used already by other programs, such as a built in apache
/httpd
service or other development tools you have installed.
## 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 any container, or anything else.. Do not hesitate to contribute, you are more than welcome :)
Help & Questions
If you need any help with Docker and Laravel, you can schedule a live call with the creator of this project at Codementor.io, He would love to help.
For general questions you can open Issues here on Github (We will label them as questions).
Additionally, you can contact Mahmoud Zalt (the creator of this project) via a direct message on LaraChat, (his username is mahmoud_zalt
). Or send him an email (mahmoud@zalt.me
).
Credits
Creator:
- Mahmoud Zalt (Twitter @Mahmoud_Zalt)
Main Contributors:
Awesome People:
License
MIT License (MIT)