Running Nginx Virtual Host for Laravel sites using Docker

Illustration of Laravel sites using Docker.

Sometimes, a developer is required to build their own host. Running a virtual host with containers needed for web applications. Once Docker is installed, you’re ready to set up your local file structure, with some configuration to build a local development environment.

Table of structure:

• virtual-host/
  
  
  
  
  • app/
    
    
    
    
    • php/
      
      
      
      
      • www/
        
        
        
        
        • ... laravel 5.4 files
        
        
        • public/
          
          
          
          • ...
          
          
          • index.php
          
          
          • ...
          
          
          
          
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • docker-composer.yml
  
  
  • etc/
    
    
    
    • nginx/
      
      
      
      • conf.d/
        
        
        
        • default.conf
        
        
        
        
      
      
      • nginx.conf
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • php.ini
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Docker Container

$ docker pull nginx:latest

$ docker pull webdevops/php-apache-dev:centos-7-php7

Laravel

$ cd virtual-host/app/php

$ composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel www "5.4"

Setting up

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'

services:

    nginx:

        image: nginx:latest

        ports:

            - "80:80"

        volumes:

            - "./app:/var/www/html"

            - "./etc/nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"

            - "./etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf"

        links:

            - php

    php:

        image: webdevops/php-apache-dev:centos-7-php7

        volumes:

            - "./app:/var/www/html"

            - "./etc/php.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini"

conf.conf

user  nginx;

worker_processes  1;


error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;

pid /var/run/nginx.pid;


events { worker_connections  1024; }


http {

    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;

    default_type application/octet-stream;


    log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '

                    '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '

                    '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';


    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;


    sendfile on;


    keepalive_timeout  65;


    gzip  on;

    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6].(?!.*SV1)";


    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;

}

default.conf

server {

	listen 80;

	server_name teguh.arief.com;

	root /var/www/html/php/www/public;

        index index.html index.htm index.php;


        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;

        location @rewrite {

                rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_url=/$1;

        }


        location ~ .php$ {

                root /var/www/html/php/www/public;

		fastcgi_pass php:9000; 

                fastcgi_index index.php;

		fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/html/php/www/public/$fastcgi_script_name;

		include fastcgi_params;

	}

}

php.ini

Download php.ini 7.0 default

Build Image

$ docker-compose up -d

Composer Install

$ composer install

Edit Hosts File on a PC

SERVER_IP_ADDRESS teguh.arief.com

Final

Then you can hit http://teguh.arief.com in your browser.