Setting up a complete development environment for Laravel using Laradock just takes a few minutes. You will need: git, docker, docker-compose and a laravel project (can be a brand new one).
First clone the Laradock project anywhere you like.
git clone https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git
Copy the env example file to .env
cp env-example .env
Change the Application setting to your project root directory.
Application=~/project
Now you can just choose the services you want to use and start them with docker-compose. Laradock offers a ton of different services already configured for you to use. Check the laradock site here to get more info.
docker-compose up -d mysql nginx
This may take a while since it has to download all the docker images you chose. To use the mysql docker service in your Laravel project you only have to change the DB_HOST config in your .env file like this:
DB_HOST=mysql
And that’s it. You should now be able to see your laravel project in your browser on http://localhost/
If you try to find out which containers are currently running with
docker-compose ps
You should see the ones you have chosen before and a php-fpm as well as a workspace container. You can access the workspace container to use things like composer or php artisan commands by starting a shell on it
docker-compose exec -u laradock workspace bash
This workspace should provide you with all the command line tools you need.
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