Setting Up a Laravel Development Environment with Docker and Docker Compose

A comprehensive guide to setting up a robust Laravel development environment using Docker and Docker Compose, featuring multiple services and best practices for containerization.

More information at - https://medium.com/@murilolivorato/setting-up-a-laravel-development-environment-with-docker-and-docker-compose-a-step-by-step-5e37670ae640

Overview

This project demonstrates how to set up a complete Laravel development environment using Docker, including:

• PHP 8.2 with FPM
• Nginx web server
• MySQL 8.0 database
• Mailhog for email testing
• PhpMyAdmin for database management
• Docker Compose for service orchestration

Features

• Containerized Laravel development environment
• Multiple service integration
• Email testing capabilities
• Database management interface
• Easy service scaling
• Environment isolation
• Development and production configurations
• Hot-reloading support

Prerequisites

• Docker Engine
• Docker Compose
• Git
• Basic understanding of Laravel
• Basic understanding of Docker concepts
• Administrative privileges on your system

System Requirements

• Compatible operating system (Linux, macOS, or Windows)
• Administrative privileges
• Internet connection
• Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended)
• 20GB free disk space

Installation

1. Install Docker

For Windows:

1. Download Docker Desktop from Docker's official website
2. Run the installer
3. Enable Hyper-V when prompted
4. Follow the installation wizard
5. Restart your computer

For macOS:

1. Download Docker Desktop for Mac
2. Drag Docker to your Applications folder
3. Open Docker from Applications
4. Follow the setup wizard

Run those commands

• docker-compose up -d --build
• docker-compose run --rm composer install
• docker-compose run --rm artisan key:generate

👥 Author

For questions, suggestions, or collaboration:

• Author: Murilo Livorato
• GitHub: murilolivorato
• linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murilo-livorato-80985a4a/

🙏 Acknowledgments

• FastAPI documentation
• React documentation
• Kubernetes documentation
• Docker documentation
• Open source community

📸 Screenshots

Running Commands

Created

Access the Database

Laravel App is Running

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