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Docker Compose structure to quickly startup Flow Framework or Neos CMS projects

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Dockerflow helps you developing Flow Framework and Neos CMS projects
====================================================================

[](#dockerflow-helps-you-developing-flow-framework-and-neos-cms-projects)

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DockerFlow creates the necessary Docker containers (webserver, database, php, mail, redis, elasticsearch, couchdb) to run your Flow Framework or Neos CMS project. The package provides a wrapper script in `bin/dockerflow`which simplifies the handling of docker and does all the configuration necessary.

We created this package to make development on Flow Framework and Neos CMS projects easier and to create a simple reusable package which can easily be maintained and serves well for the standard project.

Development will continue further as the package is already reused in several projects. Contributions and feedback are very welcome.

Install docker
--------------

[](#install-docker)

```
https://docs.docker.com/installation/ (tested with docker v1.9 - v17.03)

```

Install docker-compose
----------------------

[](#install-docker-compose)

We use docker-compose to do all the automatic configuration:

```
http://docs.docker.com/compose/install/ (tested with docker-compose v1.5 - v1.11)

```

The repository contains a Dockerfile which will automatically be built in the [docker hub](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/sebobo/shel.dockerflow/) after each change and used by docker-compose to build the necessary containers.

On a Mac or Windows
-------------------

[](#on-a-mac-or-windows)

It has been tested working with docker for Mac but not yet with docker for Windows. Feel free to try it out and let us know if you cannot wait.

Install dockerflow into your distribution
-----------------------------------------

[](#install-dockerflow-into-your-distribution)

Add `shel/dockerflow` as dev dependency in your composer, using the latest stable release is highly recommended.

*Example*:

```
composer require --dev shel/dockerflow 5.0.*

```

Run dockerflow
--------------

[](#run-dockerflow)

```
bin/dockerflow up -d

```

The command will echo the url with which you can access your project. Add the hostname then to your `/etc/hosts`and set the ip to your docker host (default for linux is 0.0.0.0) or your boot2docker ip. You can also use any subdomain with `*.hostname` and it will point to the same server. What you need to do is to add exact subdomain name to your `/etc/hosts`.

The parameter `-d` will keep it running in the background until you run:

```
bin/dockerflow stop

```

The default database configuration for your `Settings.yaml` is:

```
TYPO3:
  Flow:
    persistence:
      backendOptions:
        dbname: dockerflow
        user: root
        password: root
        host: db
        driver: pdo_mysql

```

Also note that there is a second database `dockerflow_test` available for your testing context. The testing context url would be `test-hostname` and this hostname should be added to your `/etc/hosts` too.

Check the status
----------------

[](#check-the-status)

```
bin/dockerflow ps

```

This will show the running containers. The `data` container can be inactive to do it's work.

Tips &amp; Tricks
=================

[](#tips--tricks)

Using different FLOW\_CONTEXT
-----------------------------

[](#using-different-flow_context)

```
FLOW_CONTEXT=Production bin/dockerflow up -d

```

Dockerflow also setup a sub-context for testing depends on the current context you are running. In the above example, it would be `Production/Testing`. Anyway, you can only use the parent context with the `bin/dockerflow` command. So when there is a need to execute command for the testing context, you need to first get into `app` container and then call the command prefixed by the context variable.

```
FLOW_CONTEXT=Production bin/dockerflow up -d
bin/dockerflow run app /bin/bash
FLOW_CONTEXT=Production/Testing ./flow doctrine:migrate

```

Running flow commands
---------------------

[](#running-flow-commands)

```
bin/dockerflow run app ./flow help

FLOW_CONTEXT=Production bin/dockerflow run app ./flow flow:cache:flush --force

```

Keep Flow caches in the container to improve performance
--------------------------------------------------------

[](#keep-flow-caches-in-the-container-to-improve-performance)

Add this configuration to your `Settings.yaml` in Flow:

```
TYPO3:
  Flow:
    utility:
      environment:
        temporaryDirectoryBase: /tmp/dockerflow/Temporary/

```

Using Redis backends for optimizing certain caches
--------------------------------------------------

[](#using-redis-backends-for-optimizing-certain-caches)

For caches that has tags, Neos becomes slow with lots of content. Add the following to your `Caches.yaml` to store those mentioned caches in Redis instead:

```
TYPO3_TypoScript_Content:
  backend: TYPO3\Flow\Cache\Backend\RedisBackend
  backendOptions:
    hostname: 'redis'
    port: '6379'
    database: 0

Flow_Mvc_Routing_Resolve:
  backend: TYPO3\Flow\Cache\Backend\RedisBackend
  backendOptions:
    hostname: 'redis'
    port: '6379'
    database: 0

Flow_Mvc_Routing_Route:
  backend: TYPO3\Flow\Cache\Backend\RedisBackend
  backendOptions:
    hostname: 'redis'
    port: '6379'
    database: 0

```

Using MailHog to test mailing
-----------------------------

[](#using-mailhog-to-test-mailing)

Add this configuration to your`Settings.yaml`:

```
TYPO3:
  SwiftMailer:
    transport:
      type: 'Swift_SmtpTransport'
      options:
        host: 'mail'
        port: 1025

```

And open `MyNeosProject:8025` in your browser (use your own hostname) to see your mails.

Send emails from your Flow app and have fun.

Configure ElasticSearch with `flowpack/elasticsearch` package
-------------------------------------------------------------

[](#configure-elasticsearch-with-flowpackelasticsearch-package)

Add this configuration to your`Settings.yaml`:

```
Flowpack:
  ElasticSearch:
    clients:
      default:
        -
          host: elasticsearch
          port: 9200

```

Configure remote debugging from your host to container
------------------------------------------------------

[](#configure-remote-debugging-from-your-host-to-container)

DockerFlow installs by the default xdebug with the following config on the server:

```
xdebug.remote_enable = On
xdebug.remote_host = 'dockerhost'
xdebug.remote_port = '9001'
xdebug.max_nesting_level = 500

```

So you can do remote debugging from your host to the container through port 9001. From your IDE, you need to configure the port accordingly. If you are using PHPStorm, this link may be useful for you to configure your IDE properly.

-

Running a shell in one of the service containers
------------------------------------------------

[](#running-a-shell-in-one-of-the-service-containers)

```
bin/dockerflow run SERVICE /bin/bash

```

SERVICE can currently be `app`, `web`, `data`, `db`, `redis`, `elasticsearch` or `couchdb`.

Access project url when inside `app` container
----------------------------------------------

[](#access-project-url-when-inside-app-container)

As of current docker doesn't support bi-directional link, you cannot access web container from app container. But in some case you will need this connection. For example in behat tests without selenium, you need the url of your site in `Testing` context while running the tests has to be done inside the `app` container.

Dockerflow adds additional script after starting all containers to fetch the IP address of web container and append it to `/etc/hosts` inside app container as below:

```
WEB_CONTAINER_IP    project-url
WEB_CONTAINER_IP    test-project-url

```

You need to define the default test suite url in your `behat.yml` to use `http://test-project-url:8080` and then you can run the behat tests without having to connect external selenium server

```
bin/dockerflow run app bin/behat -c Path/To/Your/Package/Tests/Behaviour/behat.yml

```

Access database inside container from docker host
-------------------------------------------------

[](#access-database-inside-container-from-docker-host)

While you can easily login to shell of the `db` container with `bin/dockerflow run db /bin/bash`and execute your mysql commands, there are some cases that you want to run mysql commands directly from your host without having to login to the `db` container first. One of the best use cases, for example, is to access the databases inside the container from MySQL Workbench tool. To be able to do that, we have mapped database port inside the container (which is `3306`) to your host machine through `3307` port.

[![Screenshot of MySQL Workbench interface](/docs/MySQL-Workbench.png "MySQL Workbench interface")](/docs/MySQL-Workbench.png)

Running functional tests for Flow package
-----------------------------------------

[](#running-functional-tests-for-flow-package)

DockerFlow installs by default `sqlite` in the base image so that functional tests can be run out-of-the-box. Example below is for running all functional tests of Flow Framework package in one-off command:

```
bin/dockerflow run app /var/www/bin/phpunit -c /var/www/Build/BuildEssentials/PhpUnit/FunctionalTests.xml /var/www/Packages/Framework/TYPO3.Flow/Tests/Functional/

```

Make sure you run composer install with `--dev` mode when setting up your Flow project and adjust the path to the test directory of your own package.

Access CouchDB
--------------

[](#access-couchdb)

From your host machine, you can access couchdb from web interface or command line:

**Web**: [http://0.0.0.0:5984/\_utils/](http://0.0.0.0:5984/_utils/)

**Cli**: `curl -X GET http://0.0.0.0:5984/_all_dbs`

From inside your `app` container, you can also access couchdb through the command line:

```
bin/dockerflow run app /bin/bash
curl -X GET http://couchdb:5984/_all_dbs

```

Attach to a running service
---------------------------

[](#attach-to-a-running-service)

Run `bin/dockerflow ps` and copy the container's name that you want to attach to.

Run `docker exec -it  /bin/bash` with the name you just copied. With this you can work in a running container instead of creating a new one.

Check open ports in a container
-------------------------------

[](#check-open-ports-in-a-container)

```
bin/dockerflow run SERVICE netstat --listen

```

Further reading
===============

[](#further-reading)

- [blog post on php-fpm](http://mattiasgeniar.be/2014/04/09/a-better-way-to-run-php-fpm/)
- [Docker documentation](http://docs.docker.com/reference/builder/)
- [docker-compose documentation](http://docs.docker.com/compose)
- [nginx.conf for Flow](https://gist.github.com/iwyg/4c8c0c0dec21dcfc8969)
- [boot2docker version which supports nfs](https://vagrantcloud.com/yungsang/boxes/boot2docker)
- [MailHog](https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog/)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~62 days

Recently: every ~171 days

Total

21

Last Release

2819d ago

Major Versions

0.0.2 → 2.3.02015-08-11

2.3.0 → 3.0.02015-08-20

2.3.1 → 3.0.12015-08-29

3.3.1 → 5.0.02018-08-20

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