Set Up Laravel, PHP 7.3, Nginx, and MySQL with Docker

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# Replace branch with the latest release.
git clone -b 'v5.8.16' --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
cd laravel
rm -Rf .git
composer install
cp .env.example .env
 
# Create configuration files for docker, example content of the files is given below.
touch docker-compose.yml
touch app.dockerfile
touch web.dockerfile
touch vhost.conf
 
# The containers are build and ran. When you need to change config files then you need to run build, separately.
docker-compose up
Programming Language: Bash

docker-compose.yml

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version: '2'
services:
  app:
    build:
      context: ./
      dockerfile: app.dockerfile
    working_dir: /var/www
    volumes:
      - ./:/var/www
    environment:
      - "DB_PORT=3306"
      - "DB_HOST=database"
 
  web:
    build:
      context: ./
      dockerfile: web.dockerfile
    working_dir: /var/www
    volumes_from:
      - app
    ports:
      - 8080:80
 
  database:
    image: mysql:5.6
    volumes:
      - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - "MYSQL_DATABASE=homestead"
      - "MYSQL_USER=homestead"
      - "MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret"
      - "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret"
    ports:
        - "33061:3306"
 
volumes:
  dbdata:
Programming Language: YAML

app.dockerfile

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FROM php:7.3.5-fpm
 
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libmcrypt-dev \
    mysql-client libmagickwand-dev --no-install-recommends \
    && pecl install imagick mcrypt-1.0.2 \
    && docker-php-ext-enable imagick mcrypt \
    && docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql
Programming Language: Text

web.dockerfile

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FROM nginx:1.15.12
 
ADD vhost.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
Programming Language: Text

vhost.conf

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server {
    listen 80;
    index index.php index.html;
    root /var/www/public;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }
 
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass app:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }
}
Programming Language: nginx

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find storage/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sudo chmod 666
find storage/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 sudo chmod 777
find bootstrap/cache -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sudo chmod 666
find bootstrap/cache -type d -print0 | xargs -0 sudo chmod 777
Programming Language: Bash

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docker exec laravel_app_1 php artisan key:generate
docker exec laravel_app_1 php artisan optimize
Programming Language: Bash