How to run laravel in docker

This is just a quick post sharing my basic docker setup for new laravel projects.

Setting up a new laravel project can be quite some hassle, the current options with valet, homestead or vagrant are fine but personally don't give me the flexibility I need.

That's why I created a basic laravel docker boilerplate I copy across my projects.

How to use it

First of all you need docker installed on your pc and a laravel projects. Then copy the next two files into the root of your project:

	version: "3"
	services:
	nginx:
	container_name: lara-nginx
	image: nginx
	working_dir: /www
	ports:
	- "80:80"
	volumes:
	- ./site.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
	- ./:/www:delegated
	php:
	container_name: lara-php
	image: lostdesign/laravel:1.2
	working_dir: /www
	volumes:
	- ./:/www:delegated
	mysql:
	container_name: lara-mysql
	image: mariadb
	ports:
	- "3306:3306"
	environment:
	MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: test123
	redis:
	container_name: lara-redis
	image: redis
	ports:
	- "6382:6379"
	metabase:
	container_name: lara-metabase
	image: metabase/metabase
	ports:
	- "3000:3000"

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	server {
	index index.php index.html;
	root /www/public/;
	location ~ \.php$ {
	try_files $uri =404;
	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
	fastcgi_pass php:9000;
	fastcgi_index index.php;
	include fastcgi_params;
	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
	}
	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
	location / {
	try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
	gzip_static on;
	}
	}

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Once you copied the files, you'll need to run docker-compose up in the root of your project directory to start the dev environment. Head over to http://localhost and you'll have your laravel project up and running.

--

The following file is optional and meant for if you want to use your own docker container image. The docker-compose above uses my pre-build docker image which is hosted on docker hub.

	FROM php:7.4-fpm
	RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -qy --no-install-recommends \
	curl \
	openssl \
	libfreetype6-dev \
	libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
	libmagickwand-dev \
	libmcrypt-dev \
	libgmp-dev\
	libpng-dev \
	zlib1g-dev \
	libxml2-dev \
	libzip-dev \
	libonig-dev \
	zip \
	unzip
	RUN docker-php-ext-install \
	bcmath \
	ctype \
	json \
	mbstring \
	pdo \
	tokenizer \
	xml \
	pdo_mysql \
	gmp \
	intl \
	pcntl
	RUN yes | pecl install \
	igbinary \
	xdebug \
	imagick \
	&& echo "zend_extension=$(find /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/ -name xdebug.so)" > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
	&& echo "xdebug.remote_enable=on" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
	&& echo "xdebug.remote_autostart=off" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini \
	&& echo "xdebug.remote_port=9001" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini
	RUN docker-php-ext-enable \
	imagick
	RUN pecl install -o -f redis \
	&& rm -rf /tmp/pear \
	&& docker-php-ext-enable redis
	RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

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If you want to know more about docker or how to setup your own stack, let me know down below and I'll write something about that.

Thanks