Wordpress - local set up and migration

# Wordpress - local set up and migration - README.md

Wordpress - local set up and migration

Prerequisites

Required software:

• Docker: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/

Set up

Setup GIT repository for changes revision

1. For fresh new website, create a new folder and copy docker-compose.yml file there

2. In the root directory, run: docker compose up (or docker-compose up)

The website will available at http://localhost (:80)

(Also, there is phpadmin available at http://localhost:8081)

3. To stop application container, run: docker compose down

For more commands, go to: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/docker/

Migration

1. For both, local and remote instance of Wordpress, install the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/

2. For the local instance, open Wordpress admin dashboard and find All-In-One-WP-Migration/Export tab

3. Fill the field: "Find text Replace with another-text in the database, e.g. "Find localhost Replace with yoursite.com in the database or http:// to https://" (replacing http://localhost to https://yoursite.com should be enough)

4. Choose "Export to file" and wait for finishing - the backup file will be saved on your local machine

5. For the remote website instance, open Wordpress admin dashboard and find All-In-One-WP-Migration/Import tab

6. Click "Import from file", find save backup file, confirm and wait for completion

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.1'

services:

  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 80:80
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: xyz
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: xyz
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: xyz
    volumes:
      - ./wordpress:/var/www/html

  db:
    image: mariadb:10.5.8
    restart: always
    user: mysql
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: xyz
      MYSQL_USER: xyz
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: xyz
      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: '1'
    volumes:
      - ./db:/var/lib/mysql

  phpmyadmin:
    image: phpmyadmin
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8081:80
    environment:
      - PMA_ARBITRARY=1

volumes:
  wordpress:
  db:
  phpmyadmin:

Troubleshooting for Bind for 0.0.0.0:8081 failed: port is already allocated

Run the following command to identify the container which uses the port and remove it:

docker container ls
docker rm -f <container-name>

https://github.com/mackankowski/wordpress-docker-template