Docker Compose and WordPress

Use WordPress locally with Docker using Docker compose

Dockerfile for extending a base image and install wp-cli
- Using a custom Docker image with automated build on Docker Hub
Local domain ex myapp.local
Custom nginx config in ./nginx
Custom PHP php.ini config in ./config
Volumes for nginx, wordpress and mariadb
WordPress using Bedrock - modern development tools, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure
CLI scripts
- Create a self signed SSL certificate for using https
- Trust certs in macOS System Keychain
- Setup the local domain in your in /etc/hosts

Setup

Requirements

Create SSL cert

cd cli && ./create-cert.sh

Edit the script to your your custom domain, this example uses myapp.local

Trust the cert in macOS Keychain.

Chrome and Safari will trust the certs using this script.

In Firefox: Select Advanced, Select the Encryption tab, Click View Certificates. Navigate to where you stored the certificate and click Open, Click Import.

cd cli && ./trust-cert.sh

Edit the script to your your custom domain, this example uses myapp.local

Setup vhost in /etc/hosts

cd cli && ./setup-hosts-file.sh

Follow the instructions. For example use myapp.local

Setup ENV

cd src
cp .env.example .env

Use the following database settings:

DB_HOST=mysql:3306
DB_NAME=myapp
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=password

Install WordPress and Composer dependencies

cd src
composer install

You can also use composer like this: docker-compose run composer update

Run

docker-compose up -d

🚀 Open up https://myapp.local

Notes:

When making changes to the Dockerfile, use:

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate --build

Tools

wp-cli

docker exec -it myapp-wordpress bash
wp search-replace https://olddomain.com https://newdomain.com --allow-root

Changelog

2019-08-02

Added Linux support. Thanks to @faysal-ishtiaq.

Useful Docker Commands

docker exec -it myapp-wordpress bash

Stop

docker-compose stop

Down (stop and remove)

docker-compose down

Cleanup

docker-compose rm -v

Recreate

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate

Rebuild docker container when Dockerfile has changed

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate --build

sfelde/wordpress-nginx-docker-compose