In this blog post, I’ll show you how to set up WordPress and MySQL environment on Docker using Docker Compose In less than two minutes.
NOTE: This article was replaced with a newer version.
This article follows my last article, where I showed how to set up WordPress and MySQL on Docker, Docker-compose will take the same process but will make it more robust.
About Docker Compose
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications using a YAML file to configure the application’s services.
Once the file Is created, I can start all the services using a single command.
Requirements
Docker Compose Installed on Windows Server 2016 host or Docker for Windows
Linux Containers -Because WordPress and MySQL are running on Linux I’ll need to use Linux Containers on Windows 10 or use Linux Containers on 1709.
Get started
To get started, I’ll create a folder where I’ll create my docker-compose file
Once the folder Is created, I’ll create a docker-compose.yml file with the code below.
version: ‘3’
services:
db:
image: mysql:5.7
volumes:
– db_data:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password1234
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
MYSQL_USER: wordpress
MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
wordpress:
depends_on:
– db
image: wordpress:latest
ports:
– “8000:80”
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
volumes:
db_data:
Below, You can see the .YML file
Run Docker Compose
Next, I’ll run my Docker Compose file using the file below
docker-compose up -d
And Below, You can see my WordPress site.
Conclusion
Using Docker to test WordPress features and updates Is the most simple, safe and secure way.