Quickstart: Compose and WordPress ( MySQL, WordPress) kickstarter docker-compose.yml

docker-compose-wordpress.yml

version: '3.3'

services:
   db:
     image: mysql:5.7
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
       MYSQL_DATABASE: wp_example
       MYSQL_USER: user_example
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: pwd_example

   wordpress:
     depends_on:
       - db
     image: wordpress:latest
     # Create ./wp-content under root diractory for plugin and theme mapping
     volumes:
      - ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
     ports:
       - "8000:80"
     restart: always
     environment:
       WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
       WORDPRESS_DB_USER: user_example
       WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: pwd_example
       WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wp_example
volumes:
    db_data: {}

1. Rename the file docker-compose-wordpress.yml to docker-compose.yml
2. Create ./wp-content under root directory where the yml file is
3. Update environment variables (WORDPRESS_DB_USER , WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD, WORDPRESS_DB_NAME )
4. Run docker-compose up -d to pull the necessary images and starts the wordpress and database containers
5. URL: http://localhost:8000 or http://localhost:8000/wp-admin
6. Open your favorite IDE and start coding immediately