To set up a WordPress development environment with Docker Compose, follow these steps:
Install Docker and Docker Compose
on your machine if you haven't already. You can download them from the official Docker website.
Create a new directory where you want to set up your WordPress development environment
.
$mkdir -p Dev.to/Docker-Wp
$cd Dev.to/Docker-Wp
Create a new file called docker-compose.yml
in the directory and open it in a text editor.
Add the following code to the docker-compose.yml file:
version: '3.3'
services:
db:
image: mariadb
volumes:
- ./mywebsite/db:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress_db
MYSQL_PASSWORD: root
wordpress:
build:
context: docker
dockerfile: Dockerfile
args:
HOST_UID: ${HOST_UID}
depends_on:
- db
volumes:
- ./mywebsite/wp:/var/www/html
image: wordpress:latest
ports:
- "80:80"
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: root
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: root
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress_db
volumes:
db_data:
Create Docker file
docker/Dockerfile
FROM wordpress:latest
ARG HOST_UID=1000
Save the docker-compose.yml file and Dockerfile.
Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you created the docker-compose.yml file.
Run the following command to start the WordPress development environment:
docker-compose up -d
Docker Compose will download the necessary images and start the containers. Wait for the process to complete.
Once the containers are up and running, you can access your WordPress site by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost. You should see the WordPress installation page.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the WordPress installation, including setting up the admin account and database connection.
You can make changes to the WordPress files in the wp-content directory of your project. Any changes you make will be reflected in the running containers.
To stop the development environment, run the following command:
docker-compose down
This will stop and remove the containers, but your data will persist in the db_data volume, so you won't lose any changes or content.
You now have a fully functional WordPress development environment set up with Docker Compose!
Note: Make sure to replace password with your desired password for the MySQL database and WordPress user. Also, you can change the port 8000 in the docker-compose.yml file to any other available port if you prefer.
Additionally, if you need to access the MySQL database directly, you can use a tool like phpMyAdmin. To do so, add the following service definition to the docker-compose.yml file:
phpadmin:
depends_on:
- db
image: phpmyadmin
restart: always
ports:
- "8080:80"
environment:
PMA_HOST: db
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
UPLOAD_LIMIT: 300000000
Save the file and run docker-compose up -d to start the phpMyAdmin container. You can then access phpMyAdmin by going to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.
Good luck!
Top comments (1)
hey, nice tutorial! You could also check out DDEV, quickstart for WordPress: ddev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user... Regards!