I am new to Docker.
I have read that it is better to keep an app per container.
I need to run web app (LAMP stack). So I have found the container for running PHP + Apache.
Now I need to set up a mysql container. But I am not sure what is the correct way to do that.
I read that it is possible to connect multiple containers together.
The idea is to make it trasnparent to the container running PHP + Apache when it tries to connect to mysql database locally.
But redirect all local connections to another container.
Another idea I have is to provide environment variable with host where should all connections go. In this case I need to have publicly accessible mysql server, but I need to keep it private and accessible only locally.
Could you please suggest a better option to choose in my case ?
Thank you
Use docker-compose:
For example, start from this docker-compose.yml. Put it in the same dir as your php Dockerfile:
version: "3"
services:
web:
build: .
ports:
- 8000:80
depends_on:
- db
db:
image: mysql
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=something
volumes:
- ./mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
Then:
docker-compose up
So thanks to Docker network, you can point from your PHP as this: db:3306.