Easiest way to Setup Magento 2 with Docker

Prerequisites for: Setup Magento 2 with docker

• Install Development Tools
• Install Docker
• Install Docker Compose
• Magento 2 source code.

Setup Steps: For installing the Docker engine on Ubuntu

1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt-get install \

apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
gnupg-agent \
software-properties-common

Add Docker’s official GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add –
sudo add-apt-repository \
“deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
(lsb_release -cs) \
stable”

INSTALL DOCKER-ENGINE

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Verify that the Docker Engine is installed correctly by running the hello-world image.

sudo docker run hello-world
This command downloads a test image and runs it in a container. When the container runs, it prints an informational message and exits.

Install Docker Compose:

Run this command to download the current stable release of Docker Compose:
sudo curl -L “https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)” -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
Apply executable permissions to the binary:
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose

Test the installation.

docker-compose –version
docker-compose version 1.25.5, build 1110ad01

Download Magento 2

Setup Development Environment

1. Make a project directory on the desired location on your machine.
2. Extract the Docker zip Package shared with you in the project directory.
3. Now launch the development environment
docker-compose up -d –build
4. Let’s make sure that it’s up and running as planned. In a web browser, go to 127.0.0.1:8080

Install Magento 2

1. Extract the Magento 2 zip package in the Magneto folder created in the project directory.
2. Start Setting up Magento
3. Access your Docker web container’s command line.
docker exec -it webserver bash
4. Navigate to the web document root.
cd /var/www/html/
5. Install Magento 2 Before copying and pasting the command shown below into the Docker terminal, you must replace the values on lines 2-6 with your own details. On lines 7-8, replace the placeholder domain with the domain name you created earlier.

php bin/magento setup:install \
–admin-firstname=John \
–admin-lastname=Doe \
–[email protected] \
–admin-user=admin \
–admin-password=’SomePassword123′ \
–base-url=https://local.domain.com \
–base-url-secure=https://local.domain.com \
–backend-frontname=admin \
–db-host=db \
–db-name=magento \
–db-user= magento \
–db-password= magento \
–use-rewrites=1 \
–language=en_US \
–currency=USD \
–timezone=America/New_York \
–use-secure-admin=1 \
–admin-use-security-key=1 \
–session-save=files \
–use-sample-data

6. In your web browser, visit your website at https://localhost/

Now your Setup Magento 2 with Docker is completed

Helpful Docker Information & Commands

Docker Info

• Your database is persistent due to a data volume contained in the docker-compose.yml file. This means that when you tear down the virtual machine and spin it back up at a later date or time, your database will still be intact and ready to go.
• If you would like to use Sequel Pro or some other tool to connect to the database, it is accessible at 127.0.0.1:3306. The username is root and the password is root. The name of the database is magento.
• The VM includes phpMyAdmin for your convenience. It can be accessed from a web browser at 127.0.0.1:8080.

Docker Commands

• Spin Up
docker-compose up -d –build
• Tear Down
docker-compose down
• Connect to web container CLI
docker exec -it webserver bash
• Connect to database container CLI
docker exec -it db bash
• Connect to redis container CLI
docker exec -it db bash
• Connect to elasticsearch container CLI
docker exec -it elasticsearch bash

Docker Environment predefined values.

DocumentRoot: /var/www/html
PHP Version. Php7.2
Web Server: Nginx | Port: 80
Database: Mysql 5.7 | Port: 3306
Logins.
Username: root
Password: root
User for magento:
Username: magento
Password: magento
Database Name: magento
Redis: 6.0.3 | Port: 6379
Elasticsearch: 6.7.1 | Port: 9200, 9300
PHPmyadmin: 8080

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