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Prerequisites: Docker installed on your machine

Docker Development Set-Up

1. Build images, volume and network by running the following:

   docker-compose up -d --build
   

2. Install laravel by running the following:

   docker-compose exec app composer create-project laravel/laravel .
   

3. Set your database credentials.

   Database:

   DB_HOST=mysql
   DB_PORT=3306
   DB_DATABASE=app
   DB_USERNAME=app
   DB_PASSWORD=secret
   

4. Voila! All should be working right now.

   http://localhost

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Footnotes:

• Note that this takes a longer time to be accessible, specially when the container is freshly built. You can check the container logs to see its progress.

Docker-compose cheat sheet

1. Laravel artisan commands docker-compose exec app php artisan {command}
2. Laravel migrate command docker-compose exec app php artisan migrate
3. Stopping services docker-compose stop
4. Starting services docker-compose start
5. Bash docker-compose exec app bash