Use Docker Compose to Setup WordPress And MySQL

In this blog post, I’ll show you how to setup WordPress and MySQL environment on Docker using Docker Compose In less than two minutes.

This article follows my last article where I showed how to setup WordPress and MySQL on Docker, Docker compose will take the same process but will make it more robust.

About Docker Compose

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications using a YAML file to configure the application’s services.

Once the file Is created I can start all the services using a single command.

Requirements

Docker Compose Installed on Windows Server 2016 host or Docker for Windows

Linux Containers -Because WordPress and MySQL are running on Linux I’ll need to use Linux Containers on Windows 10 or use Linux Containers on 1709.

Get started

To get started, I’ll create a folder where I’ll create my docker compose file

Once the folder Is created I’ll create docker-compose.yml file with the code below.

version: '3'
services:
db:
image: mysql:5.7
volumes:
- db_data:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password1234
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
MYSQL_USER: wordpress
MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
wordpress:
depends_on:
- db
image: wordpress:latest
ports:
- "8000:80"
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
volumes:
db_data:

Below, You can see the .YML file

Run Docker Compose

Next, I’ll run my Docker Compose file using the file below

docker-compose up -d

And Below, You can see my WordPress site.

Conclusion

Using Docker to test WordPress features and updates Is the most simple, safe and secure way.