Docker LAMP Stack

A simple LAMP stack designed for running a local development environment for Apache, MySQL, PHP in a Docker container.

It is based on a Debian image and will use chef-solo / berkshelf provisioning to setup the web server environment.

Build Docker image

To build the image from the Dockerfile run:

docker build -t docker_lamp_stack .

This has to be done once only. You can use the created Docker image for several projects by creating one container per project.

Create and run new container

To create a container running the image use the following command:

docker run --name projectname --hostname projectname -v $HOME/.ssh/:/home/webserver/.ssh/ -v $(dirname $(pwd)):/var/www/webproject/ -t docker_lamp_stack /bin/bash /var/www/webproject/Docker/init.sh --provision

Save the state as image:

docker commit projectname projectname_image

Run again from saved state:

docker run --name projectname --hostname projectname -v $HOME/.ssh/:/home/webserver/.ssh/ -v $(dirname $(pwd)):/var/www/webproject/ -t projectname_image /bin/bash /var/www/webproject/Docker/init.sh

Stop running container

To stop a running container use:

docker stop projectname

Start existing container

To restart an existing container use:

docker start projectname

Delete container

To delete a container:

docker rm projectname

Show running containers and running processes

To show the running containers use:

docker ps

To show the latest container, no matter if running or stopped:

docker ps -l

To show all containers, including stopped containers: (add -s to show the size)

docker ps -a

To show the processes in a running container you can use:

docker top projectname

Find IP of running container

To find the IP of a container you can use:

docker inspect projectname | grep IPAddress