Journal of Simon Eames

Setup for apache, php with docker

*All credited to go to * this.

2 files to setup.

  1. ./Dockerfile
  2. ./apache.conf

./Dockerfile

This can be modified to include the things you need. Eg. RUN a2enmod headers adds the headers modl 

# Based from: https://medium.com/dev-tricks/apache-and-php-on-docker-44faef716150#.rrpzcyopr
FROM ubuntu:latest
MAINTAINER Simon Eames <simon.richard.eames@gmail.com>

# Install apache, PHP, and supplimentary programs. openssh-server, curl, and lynx-cur are for debugging the container.
RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install \
    apache2 php7.0 php7.0-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0 curl lynx-cur

# Enable apache mods.
RUN a2enmod php7.0
RUN a2enmod rewrite
RUN a2enmod headers

# Update the PHP.ini file, enable <? ?> tags and quieten logging.
RUN sed -i "s/short_open_tag = Off/short_open_tag = On/" /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
RUN sed -i "s/error_reporting = .*$/error_reporting = E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE/" /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini

# Manually set up the apache environment variables
ENV APACHE_RUN_USER www-data
ENV APACHE_RUN_GROUP www-data
ENV APACHE_LOG_DIR /var/log/apache2
ENV APACHE_LOCK_DIR /var/lock/apache2
ENV APACHE_PID_FILE /var/run/apache2.pid

# Expose apache.
EXPOSE 80

# Don't bother copying files.
# # Copy this repo into place.
# ADD www /var/www/site

# Update the default apache site with the config we created.
ADD apache-config.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

# By default start up apache in the foreground, override with /bin/bash for interative.
CMD /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND

./apache.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin me@mydomain.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/site

  <Directory /var/www/site/>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
      AllowOverride All
      Order deny,allow
      Allow from all
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Command to follow

  1. Docker build.
  2. Run container

Build the docker container.

Build a docker container called apache-server

Run this in the same directory as the Dockerfile. 

docker build -t apache-server

Run the container.

To start the container in the background.
docker run --name my-site -port 8080:80 --volume /path/to/php/site:/var/www/site --detach apache-server
# or...
docker run --name my-site -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/php/site:/var/www/site -d apache-server
To start the container in the forground.
docker run --interactive --tty --name my-site -port 8080:80 --volume /path/to/php/site:/var/www/site apache-server /bin/bash
# or...
docker run -it --name my-site -p 8080:80 -v /path/to/php/site:/var/www/site apache-server /bin/bash

docker run -it –name hedge-fund -p 8080:80 -v /c/Users/simon/projects/hedge-fund:/var/www/site apache-server /bin/bash

then start apache by hand with.. 

apachectl start