How to Setup WordPress the Easy Way

Setup and Start Docker

• Install Docker Engine for your operating system.
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux
• Click here for instructions on how to install docker-compose for any Linux distribution. On Windows and Mac the docker-compose is bundled with the Docker Engine install.

Writing some markup

1. Open a editor of your choice.
2. Create a new file.
3. Copy the yaml below to your new file.

version: '3.3'

services:
    database:
        image: mysql:5.7
        volumes:
            - database_data:/var/lib/mysql
        restart: always
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD}
            MYSQL_DATABASE: ${APPLICATION_DATABASE}
            MYSQL_USER: ${APPLICATION_USER}
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${APPLICATION_PASSWORD}
        networks:
            - internal

    webserver:
        depends_on:
            - database
        image: wordpress:latest
        ports:
            - "${WEBSERVER_PORT}:80"
        restart: always
        environment:
            WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: database:3306
            WORDPRESS_DB_USER: ${APPLICATION_USER}
            WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: ${APPLICATION_PASSWORD}
            WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: ${APPLICATION_DATABASE}
        networks:
            - internal
            - external

volumes:
    database_data: {}

networks:
    external:
        driver: bridge
    internal:
        driver: bridge

1. Save your project as a sub-directory in the Documents folder. I decided to call my project wordpress.
2. The name of your file should be docker-compose and make sure the file format is yaml.
3. Click the save button when done.
4. Create a new file.
5. Copy the file below to your new file.
6. Replace CHANGE THIS with a stronger password from https://passwordsgenerator.net.

# Global environment variables.
APPLICATION_DATABASE=developer_blog
APPLICATION_USER=developer_user
APPLICATION_PASSWORDD='CHANGE THIS'

# Database environment container.
DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD='CHANGE THIS'

# Webserver environment container.
WEBSERVER_PORT=8000

1. Save this file in the same folder as your docker-compose file. The name of this file will be dev.env.

Run Docker Commands

1. Open a Terminal/Command/Powershell window.
2. Navigate to your project directory.
3. Run docker-compose ps to make sure there are no projects running and should look like the below image.

1. Run docker-compose --env-file=dev.env up --build -d to start the server. This will take around 5-10 minutes depending on the speed of your internet. This video has been sped up so you don’t have to wait.
2. When done you should see a similar response that says done for both database_1 and webserver_1.

Test Webpage

• Run docker-compose ps to check the status of the last command. The status of both lines should be positive.
• The line wordpress-lamp_wordpress_1 should have a port that looks similar to 0.0.0.0:8000->80/tcp. The 8000 is very important in the next step.
• In your browser url bar type localhost:8000 and press enter. You will get the fist page of the WordPress install.
• Select your language and fill out the initial setup form. Make sure you copy the password because it will be used in a moment.
• When the setup is complete you will get a login page. Use the email and password from the previous login page.
• Congratulations you now have WordPress running on your home computer.