RUN LARAVEL PROJECT USING DOCKER IN LOCAL ENVIRONMENT

Create a local environment for implementing a Laravel project using a simple Docker compose file.

Getting Started

Here's how to run a laravel project using docker container in windows 10 with WSL.

Prerequisites

In order to run this container you'll need docker installed.

• Linux
• Windows with WSL

Preparation of prerequisites

• First clone this repository into your local working directory.
• Then change the .env.sample file to .env.
• Completely remove .gitignore file in src directory.
• Now put your laravel project in the src folder as shown below.

📦docker-laravel
 ┣ 📂.git
 ┣ 📂mysql
 ┣ 📂php
 ┣ 📂src
 ┃ ┣ 📂app
 ┃ ┣ 📂bootstrap
 ┃ ┣ 📂config
 ┃ ┣ 📂database
 ┃ ┣ 📂public

• Use the same credentials for your laravel project .env file and the docker-larval directory .env file.

DB_HOST=mysql  // choose any simple name without the white characters
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=password
DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw

• Redirect to the docker-larvel folder and execute the following command on the terminal.

docker-compose up -d

That's it, now you can run your laravel project in port 8080

• Also you can execute the composer and artisan command as follows.

http://localhost:8080/

docker exec -it backend composer update
docker exec -it backend php artisan migrate

Other

• If you are using a laravel git repository, now remove the .git folder from the docker-laravel directory.

Author

• Ashen Udithamal