Apache, MariaDB (MySQL compatible), PHP and phpMyAdmin running in a docker container
use docker-compose up to start the container, it will serve the files in the DocumentRoot folder. Navigate to http://localhost:8080 to see the content of your site. Go to http://localhost:9000 to access phpMyAdmin.
If your application needs write access to some file, use sudo chown 33:33 <file>, or sudo chown 33:33 <directory> -R for directories. This will give ownership of the file/folder to the Apache process and let it read and write to it.
The database credentials are configured in docker-compose.yml, by default they are:
host: mariadb
database: wordpress
user: wordpress
password: password
- Paste the contents of your Wordpress folder inside the
DocumentRootfolder - Inside the
DocumentRootfolder, runsudo chown 33:33 wp-content -R. This will let you install themes, plugins and upload media content from the wordpress dashboard. - Configure wordpress access to the database using the credentials listed above
- Don't forget to add
define( 'FS_METHOD', 'direct');to your wp-config.php file to let wordpress install themes and plugins directly on the file system. - Start the container with
docker-compose up