docker-compose

docker-compose.yml files allow us to define mutli-container applications.

Why not try out wordpress development? 🤷‍♂️

filename: docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    volumes:
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: somewordpress
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordpress
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
  wordpress:
    depends_on:
      - db
    image: wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    restart: always
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
volumes:
  db_data: {}

$ docker compose up # then open localhost:8080 in a browser

Peruse some of the example uses of docker created by the open-source community.

• https://docs.docker.com/samples/#sample-applications
• https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose#readme