Conversation with Merlin [email protected] · Thu Dec 21 2023

How to dockerize an application made with LAMP stack

To dockerize an application made with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack, you will need to create a Dockerfile that defines the environment and dependencies required to run your application.

Here are the general steps to follow:

  1. Create a new directory for your project and set it as the current working directory.
  2. Install the required dependencies: You will need to install Apache, MySQL, and PHP. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apache2 sudo apt-get install mysql-server sudo apt-get install php php-mysql
  1. Create a new file called Dockerfile in the root of your project directory. This file will define the environment and dependencies required to run your application.
  2. Write the following code in the Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:latest # Install dependencies RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y apache2 && \ apt-get install -y mysql-server && \ apt-get install -y php php-mysql # Copy the application code COPY . /var/www/html # Set the default command to start the web server CMD ["apache2ctl", "-DFOREGROUND"]

This Dockerfile will install Apache, MySQL, and PHP, and then copy the application code from the current directory to the /var/www/html directory. Finally, it will set the default command to start the web server. 4. Build the Docker image by running the following command:

docker build -t my-lamp-app .

This will create a new Docker image called my-lamp-app. 5. Run the Docker container by running the following command:

docker run -d -p 80:80 my-lamp-app

This will start the Docker container in the background (-d flag) and map port 80 on the host to port 80 in the container (-p flag).

Your LAMP stack application should now be accessible at http://localhost.