🐳 Docker Image: Nginx PHP-FPM

A ready-to-use container designed for running PHP-based applications, including Laravel microservices. This Docker image combines Nginx and PHP-FPM, offering a robust foundation for your projects with built-in support for essential extensions and configurations.

Features

• PHP Application Support: Optimized to run Laravel or any PHP-based applications.
• Integrated Extensions:
  • Database: MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Caching: Redis and Memcached.
  • Messaging: Kafka for event-driven architecture.
  • Task Scheduling: Laravel Scheduler and Cron jobs support.
• Custom Configuration: Pre-configured with sensible defaults, allowing seamless customization.
• Event Handling: Support for advanced event-driven processes.
• Optimized for Microservices: Built with modern PHP microservices in mind.

This image is ideal for developers looking for a streamlined, high-performance solution to deploy PHP applications with essential tools already integrated.

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Links

• Docker Hub
• GitHub Repository

Supported PHP Versions

• 8.4
• 8.3
• 8.2
• 8.1
• 8.0
• 7.4
• 7.2

Specifications

This Docker image comes pre-installed with the following:

• PHP Extensions:

  • Composer
  • OpenSSL
  • XML
  • PDO
  • Rdkafka
  • Redis
  • Mbstring
  • PCNTL
  • ZIP
  • GD
  • BCMath
  • Memcached

• Additional Features:

  • Laravel Cron Jobs & Scheduler
  • Supervisord
  • Node.js & NPM

Basic Usage with Docker Compose

Example docker-compose.yml

services:
  app:
    image: jkaninda/nginx-php-fpm:8.3
    container_name: app
    restart: unless-stopped
    user: www-data # Optional for production
    volumes:
      # Project root
      - ./src:/var/www/html
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    networks:
      - default

Commands

Start the service:

docker compose up -d

Create a new Laravel project:

docker compose exec app composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel .

Generate application key:

docker compose exec app php artisan key:generate

Create a storage symlink:

docker compose exec app php artisan storage:link

Fix storage and cache permissions:

docker compose exec app chmod -R 777 storage bootstrap/cache

Run Laravel migrations:

docker compose exec app php artisan migrate

Access the container shell:

docker exec -it app bash

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Advanced Nginx PHP-FPM Setup

Extended docker-compose.yml Example

version: '3'
services:
  app:
    image: jkaninda/nginx-php-fpm
    container_name: app
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      # Project root
      - ./:/var/www/html
      - ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh # Use private CVS if needed
      # Optional custom PHP config
      # - ./php.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/php.ini
    environment:
      - APP_ENV=development # or production
      - LARAVEL_PROCS_NUMBER=2 # Optional: Queue worker processes
      # - CLIENT_MAX_BODY_SIZE=20M # Optional
      # - DOMAIN=example.com # Optional
      - DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/html # Optional

Default Web Root

/var/www/html

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Custom Build Example

Dockerfile

FROM jkaninda/nginx-php-fpm:8.3
# Copy Laravel project files
COPY . /var/www/html
# Storage Volume
VOLUME /var/www/html/storage

WORKDIR /var/www/html

# Fix permissions
RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html

USER www-data

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Custom Nginx Configuration

To enable custom Nginx configurations, use the following files:

• /var/www/html/conf/nginx/nginx.conf
• /var/www/html/conf/nginx/nginx-site.conf

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Supervisord Integration

Supervisord can be used to manage tasks or processes within the container.

Example Configuration for Kafka Consumer

[program:kafkaconsume-worker]
process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d
command=php /var/www/html/artisan kafka:consumer
autostart=true
autorestart=true
numprocs=1
user=www-data
redirect_stderr=true
stdout_logfile=/var/www/html/storage/logs/kafka.log

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Fixing Storage Permissions

If you encounter storage permission issues, run the following commands:

docker compose exec php-fpm /bin/bash

Then inside the container:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/storage

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