README.md

Laravel setup with Docker

This repository contains a Dockerised Laravel application that's easy to understand and use. It has a database and redis running. It comes with a Worker for potential jobs you might have and a Caddy Web server.

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This repository contains a Laravel project setup with Docker, it also includes Postgres and Redis with a Queue Worker.

Setup

Clone the repository

Create .env file from .env.example file

cp .env.example .env

Change the values of the .env file to the ones you want

Go to the Laravel project dir

cd laravel-best

Create .env file from .env.example file

cp .env.example .env

Change the values of the .env. file for the Laravel project to match the .env file in the root of the project.

Run the project

docker compose up --build --detach

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If you are developing locally then

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

Run the app

php artisan serve

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If you are running via docker

SSH into the app container

docker compose exec app bash

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

Run the app

php artisan serve

If you are running on a server you should update the Caddyfile