Docker NGINX, PHP-FPM & Ray Setup

This repository contains the files needed to quickly get up and running with a local PHP development Docker container. The container uses NGINX & PHP-FPM for the server, MySQL for the database, local volumes for live editing of the files and database, and the composer Global Ray package for connecting with the Ray desktop app for debugging.

Included below are one-time setup instructions for creating a standalone NGINX Reverse Proxy Docker network. The network container will allow you to run multiple local servers simultaneously, all using unique local domain names on the standard 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS) ports. This removes the need to manage port numbers, gives you clean domains to work from (no appended port number), and manages running your local domains on the HTTPS protocol with self-created TLS certificates.

Other Docker Container Setup Repositories

Depending on what stack you're using and whether you use Ray for debugging, another setup may be a better fit:

Setups without the Global Ray package	Setups with the Global Ray package
NGINX, PHP-FPM & MySQL	NGINX, PHP-FPM, MySQL, & Ray
WordPress & MySQL	WordPress, MySQL, & Ray

Instructions

First Time Setup

For all features to work, you must do a one-time setup of the following:

1. Install the Docker Nginx Proxy Setup.
2. Connect the Docker host with your local machine so Docker can communicate with the Ray desktop app by adding 127.0.0.1 host.docker.internal to your local machine's /etc/hosts file.

Project Setup

1. In the parent directory where you want your project directory nested, run git clone git@github.com:jacobcassidy/docker-nginx-phpfpm-ray-setup.git.
2. Rename the cloned directory from docker-nginx-phpfpm-ray-setup to your project name.
3. Rename the .env-example file to .env.
4. Update the .env file with the values your project will use.
5. In the nginx-proxy-base/certs directory you created in step one of the First Time Setup instructions above, create the TLS certificates needed for the HTTPS protocol using the command: mkcert yourlocaldomain.tld. Ensure you replace "yourlocaldomain.tld" with the local domain name you specified in your .env file.
6. Rename the created TLS certificates:

   FROM	TO
   yourlocaldomain.tld-key.pem	yourlocaldomain.tld.key
   yourlocaldomain.tld.pem	yourlocaldomain.tld.crt

7. Add yourlocaldomain.tld to your local machine's hosts file. This can be done on macOS with: sudo vim /etc/hosts and adding 127.0.0.1 yourlocaldomain.tld to the list (make sure to replace yourlocaldomain.tld with your actual domain name).
8. Open the Docker Desktop app so the Docker engine is on.
9. Build the docker container with: docker compose up -d (run this command in the your-project-name/docker directory). This will create your server and add the /storage/mysql directory in the aforementioned directory.
10. Replace this README content with your project's README content (you can view the original README here).
11. Optional: Remove the cloned docker-nginx-phpfpm-ray-setup .git directory with: rm -rf .git (run this from your project directory).
12. Optional: Initialize a new git repository for your project with: git init.
13. Optional: If you will be using a GitHub remote repo, create and connect to it now.
14. Open your browser to the local domain specified in your .env file and check that everything is loading correctly.

Issues?

If you come across any issues, please feel free to report them here.