Docker for Tiki Development
Why Docker
Docker allows you to run the exact same environment on different machines, thus preventing bugs related to using different operating systems (e.g., Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux), different packages versions (e.g., Apache HTTP Server, PHP, MariaDB, ...), and therefore different environments (e.g., development, staging, production). Less time dealing with environment issues = more time developing awesome features!
This guide assumes that you are comfortable with developer tools like bash/sh, docker, dotenv and git. If you are not, and you are only looking for testing Tiki, you can access our online Tiki demos here: https://tiki.org/Demo If you are a developer but are not comfortable with those tools, you can have a look at the Resources part first.
DockerHub images
Developement is resuming on those "official" images: https://hub.docker.com/r/tikiwiki/tikiwiki
Report issues with the dockerhub images at https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/docker-tikiwiki
laradock development environment: using docker for your development environment
Report issues with the laradock image at: https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki-laradock
Thanks!
1. "Do the git thing"
Fork Tiki ( https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki ) and clone your fork. Tiki is a big repository, so you can decide to clone only the latest history (--depth=1) or only the specific branch you need (--single-branch).
2. Check out the relevant branch
Go into the repository you've just cloned and check out the Tiki version you want to work with:
e.g.:git checkout 20.x
3. Clone tiki-docker
In that same directory, clone tiki-docker:
git clone git@gitlab.com:tikiwiki/tiki-laradock.git laradock
P.S.: you don't have to call that directory laradock, but default sensible settings are using this name. If you want to use your own name, you'll have to edit a few files (-+ .env+-, and docker-compose files).
4. Check out the environment you need
tiki-docker comes with environments for the different versions of Tiki. It will then use the correct PHP, mariadb, elasticsearch, etc... versions.
In your Tiki source, enter the tiki-docker source:
cd laradock
then check out your environment:
git checkout tiki-20.x
5. Custom your variables if necessary
tiki-docker works out of the box, but you can set up your own variables, stored in the included .env file. You may want to edit for example the apache2/nginx http host port, mysql/mariadb database name and credentials, although it is not necessary.
You are encouraged to change the DATA_PATH_HOST variable to a unique project name. This is the place where your data will be stored (mysql/mariadb, elasticsearch, etc...) so that even if your containers are removed, your development data is not. If you use the same DATA_PATH_HOST for different projects, the projects will overwrite each other's data.
6. Start the environment with the services you need
In your tiki-docker source, you can now start your environment with the services of your choices:
docker-compose up -d apache2 mariadb elasticsearch maildev phpmyadmin adminer workspace
7. Enjoy
You can now access Tiki at http://localhost:PORTNUMBER. The PORTNUMBER will depend of the http host port variable configured in the .env file.
To access your workspace and run composer commands, tiki commands, etc..., in your tiki-docker source, run:
docker-compose exec workspace bash
When you finished developing, you can stop your containers. In your tiki-docker source, run:
docker-compose stop
Tips
Create aliases
Rather than typing every time docker-compose up -d apache2 mariadb..., you might want to create aliases, like for example devup. Same for stopping your containers: devdown, or going into your workspace: devbash.
Resources
- Docker documentation and installation: https://docs.docker.com/
- Git: https://git-scm.com/
- Laradock: https://laradock.io/
- dotenv files: dotenv google search
- Xdebug: https://xdebug.org/
Related: Kubernetes and AppImage
Unofficial or deprecated sources
- https://github.com/TikiWiki/docker-tikiwiki/tree/19.x
- https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki-docker
- https://hub.docker.com/r/tikiwiki/tikiwiki
- https://hub.docker.com/r/tikiwiki/php
Guillaume
https://sleeplessmind.com.mo/news/docker-tiki/
https://github.com/godbout/docker-tiki
https://gitlab.com/guill/docker-tiki
Fabio
https://github.com/fabiomontefuscolo/docker-tikiwiki
Jyhem
Everything I know on the topic of getting a working Tiki12 on docker is reported here: https://tiki.org/Tiki-deployement---Experiment-with-appsdeck
Nelson
See this commit for all the info: https://gitlab.com/synergiq/tiki/commit/050df06191d4652d49faf5f85420890740992862
The link to the branch (from master) is https://gitlab.com/synergiq/tiki/tree/docker
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