Containerization

[yentl-creyf]

Hey,

we tried to get the project up and running locally, there were some challenges with it.

I think the experience for running (but also contributing, testing, maintaining) the project, would be a lot better if it were containerized.

Here is an example folder structure:

• MonarcAppFO

Here you should have one docker-compose.yml file to create the database & php

• MonarcAppFO/database

documentation: https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql

file: DockerFile

FROM mysql:latest

EXPOSE 3306

file: docker-compose.yml

version: '3'
services:
  mysql:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    container_name: monarc-db
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root_password_for_development
    volumes:
      - ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
      - ./mount:/var/lib/mysql
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3306:3306"

• MonarcAppFO/database/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d

here goes your .sql files that will initiate your database

• MonarcAppFO/front_end

from the documentation: https://hub.docker.com/_/php

you can use: php:-apache

This image contains Debian's Apache httpd in conjunction with PHP (as mod_php) and uses mpm_prefork by default.

Apache with a Dockerfile

FROM php:7.2-apache
COPY src/ /var/www/html/

Where src/ is the directory containing all your PHP code. Then, run the commands to build and run the Docker image:

$ docker build -t my-php-app .
$ docker run -d --name my-running-app my-php-app

We recommend that you add a php.ini configuration file; see the "Configuration" section for details.

same goes for your python & postgress components

• https://hub.docker.com/_/python
  • i would suggest python:<version>-slim
• https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres

[yentl-creyf]

How can I help you set this up?

[ruslanbaidan]

Hello,

Thank you for your willing to contribute and suggestions.

We already had the discussion before and started dockerizing the app components. The initial work is available in this branch.
However due to the luck of time it was postponed for the moment, but will be completed in the nearest future.

There is an another initiative/contribution you could look for a solution here.

The Dockerized Monarc application is definitely a good thing to hove, but there is an existing vagrant based solution that is maintained and ready to use, also aligned with the current release (php8 or 8.1 support).

[yentl-creyf]

@ruslanbaidan what are the open issues with the feature/dockerized-app?

[ruslanbaidan]

@ruslanbaidan what are the open issues with the feature/dockerized-app?

Having a dockerized app feature is a good addition to Monarc, but there is vagrant available for local dev. There is another priority before the work for the requested dev is finished.