WordPress

in a Docker container

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Local

Free, one-click WordPress installer.

https://localwp.com/

WP Migrate Lite

WordPress extension to make a .zip file backup of the site and import it to Local.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-migrate-db/

Configure Vmmem cpu, memory, etc.

  1. Advanced settings configuration in WSL
  2. Set up config like memory limits in Docker for Windows and WSL2

Example %USERPROFILE%\.wslconfig file

# Settings apply across all Linux distros running on WSL 2
[wsl2]

# Limits VM memory to use no more than 4 GB, this can be set as whole numbers using GB or MB
memory=1GB

# Sets the VM to use two virtual processors
processors=2

# Sets amount of swap storage space to 8GB, default is 25% of available RAM
swap=0

Steps to create your multi-container Docker application:

  1. Create a folder (ex. wordpress-site). NOTE: the name of this folder will be used as the name of the Docker container.
  2. In the folder created above, create a file named docker-compose.yml and copy/paste the code below.
  3. Execute this command in that folder: 
    docker compose up -d

docker-compose.yml

# WordPress: Cloning your WordPress site locally using Docker Compose
# https://fabianlee.org/2019/03/17/wordpress-cloning-your-wordpress-site-locally-using-docker-compose/
#
# YouTube video: Quick WordPress Setup With Docker
# https://youtu.be/pYhLEV-sRpY
#
# From the terminal, execute this following command:
# docker-compose up -d
version: '3'

services:
    # Database
    db:
        image: mysql:5.7
        volumes:
            - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
        restart: always
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: admin
            MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
            MYSQL_USER: wordpress
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
        networks:
            - wpsite
    # WordPress
    wordpress:
        depends_on:
            - db
        image: wordpress:latest
        ports:
            - 80:80
        restart: always
        volumes:
            - wp_data:/var/www/html
        environment:
            WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
            WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
            WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
        networks:
            - wpsite
networks:
    wpsite:
volumes:
    db_data:
    wp_data:

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