Laravel Setup

Laravel development environment with Docker, optimized for quick project startup.

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose installed
• Composer
• Node.js and Yarn

Project Structure

.
├── docker/
│   ├── nginx/
│   └── php/
├── laravel/
├── docker-compose.yml
└── .env

Installation

1. Create Laravel Project

composer create-project laravel/laravel

2. Configure Environment

Copy .env.example to .env and configure the variables:

APP_NAME=test    # Base name for containers

3. Start Containers

docker-compose up -d

4. Install Frontend Dependencies

yarn install
yarn run dev

Docker Containers

• APP: PHP-FPM (${APP_NAME:-test}-app)
• Nginx: Web Server (${APP_NAME:-test}-nginx)
• MySQL: Database (${APP_NAME:-test}-db)
• phpMyAdmin: DB Manager (${APP_NAME:-test}-phpmyadmin)

Useful Commands

# Start containers
docker-compose up -d

# Stop containers
docker-compose down

# View container logs
docker-compose logs

# Access container shell
docker exec -it ${APP_NAME:-test}-app bash

Contributing

Feel free to contribute with improvements through Pull Requests.