Deploy Wordpress on Localhost and in Production using Docker Compose

Related blog post:

• WordPress Local Development Using Docker Compose: Deploy Wordpress on localhost using docker
• Docker WordPress Production Deployment: Step-by-step guide to deploy WordPress online using docker-compose
• Using Docker WordPress Cli to Manage WordPress Websites: Commande line interface for managing a WordPress website

The installation tool kit, provided here, include:

• Nginx web server
• MariaDB/MySQL used for Wordpress database
• phpMyAdmin interface to connect to your MySQL database
• WP-Cli: Wordpress Command Line Interface
• Makefile directives for automatization.

You can automatically deploy a local docker wordpress site in 5 minutes using the following commands:

# Download a wordpress docker-compose example
git clone https://github.com/kassambara/wordpress-docker-compose
cd wordpress-docker-compose
# Build and start installation
docker-compose up -d --build

Visit your site at http://localhost and your database via phpMyAdmin at http://localhost:8080.

Default identification for your wordpress website admin:

• Username: wordpress and
• Password: wordpress

Default identification for the phpMyAdmin interface:

• Username: root and
• Password: password

Useful set of commands to know:

# Stop and remove containers
docker-compose down
# Build, and start the wordpress website
docker-compose up -d --build
# Reset everything
docker-compose down
rm -rf certs/* certs-data/* logs/nginx/* mysql/* wordpress/*

References

• WordPress: with Nginx web server in Docker
• Quickstart: Compose and WordPress