Run WordPress and MySQL On Docker Linux Host

This blog post will show you how to run WordPress and MySQL On a Docker Linux Host

Run WordPress and MySQL On Docker Linux Host

This deployment will use Docker Compose, which will deploy the following:

• a WordPress container running the latest WordPress build

• a MySQL container running MySQL 5.7b server

• All the data that the containers are using is stored on volumes.

• After deployment, WordPress will be available on port 80; however, you can change the file under ports.

Below, is the YML file that contains all the configuration.

You can change the values, but make sure the DB name-value matches in the DB and WordPress service.

version: '3.3'

services:
   db:
     image: mysql:5.7
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: enterpassword
       MYSQL_DATABASE: wp01
       MYSQL_USER: wordpress
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress

   wordpress:
     depends_on:
       - db
     image: wordpress:latest
     volumes:
       - wp_data:/var/www/html
     ports:
       - "80:80"
     restart: always
     environment:
       WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
       WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
       WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wp01
volumes:
    db_data: {}
    wp_data: {}

I saved the file as docker-compose.yml inside a directory called wp01, but you can name the directory any name you like.

To deploy the solution, I will run the following command from the directory the file is located in.

docker-compose up -d

After I finished the deployment, I will access WordPress using my server IP address and the port I used.

http://serverip

Below you can see the configuration wizard.

After I finished with the configuration I logged in and updated the default post by adding a photo to it.

If you run the command below, you will see that Docker composes created two volumes.

The first volume (wp01_db_data) is for the MySQL server.

The second volume (wp01_wp_data) is for all WordPress images, etc.

docker volume ls

Check Status

To check the deployment status, I will use the command below.

docker-compose ps

Cleanup

I will run the command below to delete containers and leave the volumes attached.

If you keep the volumes and deploy again, the configuration will stay the same, and nothing will be lost.

docker-compose down

To delete the containers and volumes, I will run the command below.

Docker-compose down --volume

Related Articles

• How to Install WordPress On Windows Server 2016
• Running WordPress And MySQL On Docker Containers
• Use Docker Compose To Setup WordPress And MySQL
• Run WordPress and MySQL On Docker
• Create Azure App Service Plan, MySQL DB and a Web App With Terraform