gvisor/g3doc/user_guide/tutorials/docker.md

WordPress with Docker

This page shows you how to deploy a sample WordPress site using Docker.

Before you begin

Follow these instructions to install runsc with Docker. This document assumes that the runtime name chosen is runsc.

Running WordPress

Now, let's deploy a WordPress site using Docker. WordPress site requires two containers: web server in the frontend, MySQL database in the backend.

First, let's define a few environment variables that are shared between both containers:

export MYSQL_PASSWORD=${YOUR_SECRET_PASSWORD_HERE?}
export MYSQL_DB=wordpress
export MYSQL_USER=wordpress

Next, let's start the database container running MySQL and wait until the database is initialized:

docker run --runtime=runsc --name mysql -d \
  -e MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=1 \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_PASSWORD}" \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE="${MYSQL_DB}" \
  -e MYSQL_USER="${MYSQL_USER}" \
  mysql:5.7

# Wait until this message appears in the log.
docker logs mysql |& grep 'port: 3306  MySQL Community Server (GPL)'

Once the database is running, you can start the WordPress frontend. We use the --link option to connect the frontend to the database, and expose the WordPress to port 8080 on the localhost.

docker run --runtime=runsc --name wordpress -d \
  --link mysql:mysql \
  -p 8080:80 \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=mysql \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_USER="${MYSQL_USER}" \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD="${MYSQL_PASSWORD}" \
  -e WORDPRESS_DB_NAME="${MYSQL_DB}" \
  -e WORDPRESS_TABLE_PREFIX=wp_ \
  wordpress

Now, you can access the WordPress website pointing your favorite browser to http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have just deployed a WordPress site using Docker.

What's next

Learn how to deploy WordPress with Kubernetes or Docker Compose.