How to route my php server through nginx using docker-compose? - php

Question

This is my first time developing a docker application form scratch. I want to have all my services running from container while I edit the code from my local machine.
So I have a root folder just called test/ and i want to follow this tutorial https://auth0.com/blog/developing-restful-apis-with-lumen/. So i need composer, a web sever (nginx), and a database (mysql).
I have inside the root folder a docker-compose file as follows:
version: '2'
services:
composer:
image: composer
container_name: composer
volumes:
- ./authors:/app
restart: always
tty: true
command: bash
php:
image: php:fpm
container_name: php
restart: always
tty: true
working_dir: /var/www
volumes:
- ./authors:/var/www
environment:
- "DB_PORT=3306"
- "DB_HOST=mysql"
nginx:
image: nginx
container_name: nginx
restart: always
tty: true
working_dir: /var/www
volumes_from:
- php
volumes:
- ./vhost.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
ports:
- 8080:80
mysql:
image: mysql:5.7
container_name: mysql
restart: always
tty: true
ports:
- "3306:3306"
environment:
MYSQL_DATABASE: hmh
MYSQL_USER: root
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
volumes:
- dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
#Volumes
volumes:
dbdata:
And here is the configuration file used for nginx:
server {
listen 80;
index index.php index.html;
root /var/www/public;
location / {
try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass php:8000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
}
The composer container is there so that I can jump into anytime I need and run some commands, while also being able to lift the project from it by running php -S localhost:8000 -t public this actually logs into the console that the server is running BUT when I go into localhost:8080 it is only showing the nginx welcome screen.
So I know nginx is working, composer lets me do all the work I need, but how do I route the php server through nginx? I can go inside the container of php, and start the server but when go to the URL it does not work. If it is not much to ask, I would like some explanation and not just the solution. Thanks.

Answer 1

Since I couldn't configure nginx the way I want it, I use instead Apache2 server. Here is my compose file.
version: '3'
services:
composer:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: .docker/composer.dockerfile
container_name: composer-php
user: "${UID}:${GID}"
volumes:
- .:/app
restart: always
tty: true
working_dir: /app
command: bash
environment:
DB_CONNECTION: mysql
DB_HOST: db
DB_DATABASE: lumen
DB_USERNAME: lumen
DB_PASSWORD: lumen
php:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: .docker/php.dockerfile
container_name: apache-php
user: "${UID}:${GID}"
depends_on:
- db
ports:
- 8080:8080
volumes:
- .:/app
restart: always
tty: true
working_dir: /app
command: bash
environment:
DB_CONNECTION: mysql
DB_HOST: db
DB_DATABASE: lumen
DB_USERNAME: lumen
DB_PASSWORD: lumen
db:
image: mysql:5
container_name: mysql-php
restart: always
tty: true
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
MYSQL_DATABASE: lumen
MYSQL_USER: lumen
MYSQL_PASSWORD: lumen
ports:
- "3306:3306"
volumes:
- dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
dbdata:
With this setup, I was able to follow this tutorial https://auth0.com/blog/developing-restful-apis-with-lumen/ with no problems to test my setup. I modify the official images just to instal pdo pdo_mysql, that is all that goes inside my dockerfiles for this setup.
With that in place, I can go inside the composer container, create the project, then get out of that container and move into the php container, cd into the project, then serve the porject.

Answer 2

The problem here is that your server runs on port 8000 but your docker only supports port 80 via
ports:
- 8080:80
so does nginx:
listen 80;