docker-laravel-postgres-nginx

Simple docker-compose for Laravel, with postgresql, redis, nginx and php-fpm

Pre-requisites

• Docker running on the host machine.
• Docker compose running on the host machine.
• Basic knowledge of Docker.

Installation

• To get started, the following steps needs to be taken:
• Clone the repo.
• cd docker-laravel-postgres-nginx to the project directory.
• cd to web and run the command to create a new Laravel project into application directory.
• cd .. to back the project directory.
• cp .env.example .env to use env config file
• Edit .env and set PHP_VERSION to the desired PHP release (e.g. 7.4, 8.1)
• Run docker-compose up -d to start the containers.
• Visit http://localhost to see your Laravel application.
• Try to connect 127.0.0.1:5432 to access Postgres
• After starting, note that one directory and one file will be created with name postgres and file data, this files are Database archives

usage:

• docker-compose up -d to start all containers
• docker-compose down to stop all containers
• If you need to restart after modifying docker-compose.yml restart with docker-compose down and docker-compose up -d
• Run pytest to execute the tests

Images

• redis:alpine

• postgres:9.5-alpine

• nginx:alpine

• php-fpm image according to PHP_VERSION in .env

SourceFiles

Inside the sourcefiles directory there are other directories: php-fpm and nginx:

php-fpm: Extensions PHP and PHP.INI

• Dockerfile installs pgsql and gd for the configured PHP version along with php-redis
• php-ini-overrides.ini

nginx: nginx.conf

• file conf nginx

volumes:

• nginx folder
• php-ini-overrides.ini
• data(postgres)

multiple servers:

• create file conf of nginx in nginx directory you should use default.conf as example
• restart containers: docker-compose down and docker-compose up -d

Troubleshooting

If you need to restart after modifying Dockerfile and have Troubleshooting:

• Verify all containers running: docker ps -a
• Stop all containers and remove: docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) and docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
• Try to start again docker-compose up -d