abstechnology/joomla-standard repository overview

⁠Quick Start

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abs-technology/joomla/main/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abs-technology/joomla/main/env.example > .env
# Edit .env — set strong passwords (min 12 characters)
mkdir -p data/joomla data/joomla-backups post-init.d
chown -R 1000:1000 data/joomla data/joomla-backups
docker compose up -d

Or from this repository:

cp env.example .env
# Edit .env — set strong passwords (min 12 characters)
mkdir -p data/joomla data/joomla-backups post-init.d
chown -R 1000:1000 data/joomla data/joomla-backups
make up

Open http://localhost/administrator/⁠ (or http://<server-ip>/administrator/) and log in with credentials from .env.

Image: abstechnology/joomla-standard:6.1.2-r1

⁠Architecture

docker-compose.yml     ← MariaDB 12.3.2 + Joomla app
env.example            ← secrets & runtime knobs
data/joomla            ← bind mount → /var/www/html
data/joomla-backups    ← upgrade snapshots
post-init.d/           ← optional first-boot scripts

⁠Data volumes

Host bind mounts should be owned by UID/GID 1000 so the container user can write site content.

Containers: abs-joomla (app) and abs-joomla-db (MariaDB) on network joomla_network. Ports: 80→8080, 443→8443.

⁠Environment variables

See env.example for the full list. Key variables:

⁠Production notes

• Passwords — Replace every CHANGE_THIS_* placeholder before go-live. Generate with openssl rand -base64 32.
• Reverse proxy — Prefer terminating TLS at Nginx/Traefik/CloudFlare/GCP LB. Set JOOMLA_REVERSEPROXY=yes and JOOMLA_SSLPROXY=yes. Container port 443 uses a self-signed cert for lab use only.
• Backups — Back up ./data/joomla, ./data/joomla-backups, and the mariadb_data volume on a schedule. Test restores in staging.
• Upgrades — Keep JOOMLA_AUTO_DB_UPGRADE=no until upgrades are validated in staging; image bumps snapshot DB + code before replacing files.
• Secrets — Never commit .env. Keep file permissions restricted on the host.

⁠Make targets

⁠Custom init scripts

Place files in host ./post-init.d/ (Compose mounts this at /docker-entrypoint-init.d):

• *.sh — shell scripts
• *.php — PHP scripts
• *.sql / *.sql.gz — MariaDB imports

⁠License

Joomla! is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later (GPL-2.0+). See LICENSE⁠ and LICENSE-INFORMATION.md⁠.

Joomla!® is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc.