infraunnes/php-fpm repository overview

⁠Docker Hub Repository Overview: Alpine Linux with PHP and PHP-FPM

Repository Name: infraunnes/php-fpm:8.4-alpine

Description:

This Docker image provides a lightweight Alpine Linux environment with PHP and PHP-FPM, suitable for running PHP applications. It includes essential PHP extensions and tools for development and deployment.

Key Features:

• Alpine Linux Base: Minimal image size for efficient resource utilization.
• PHP: Uses the latest PHP available in the alpine edge repository.
• PHP-FPM: FastCGI Process Manager for high-performance PHP execution.
• Essential PHP Extensions: Includes common extensions like curl, gd, mysqli, mbstring, zip, xml, and json.
• Development Tools: Contains tools like git, curl, wget, make, rsync, nano, and mysql-client.
• Composer: Pre-installed Composer for dependency management.
• Tini: Process supervisor for proper signal handling.
• Multi-Platform Support: Built with docker buildx for multi-architecture compatibility (amd64, arm64).

Usage:

1. Pull the Image:

   docker pull infraunnes/php-fpm:8.4-alpine
   

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2. Run a Container:

   docker run -d -p 80:80 infraunnes/php-fpm:8.4-alpine
   

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3. Mount your application:

   docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /path/to/your/app:/var/www infraunnes/php-fpm:8.4-alpine
   

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   • Replace /path/to/your/app with the local path to your PHP application.

4. Access your application:

   Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost.

Dockerfile Breakdown:

• Base Image: alpine:edge provides a minimal Alpine Linux environment.
• Dependencies: Installs essential PHP packages, extensions, and development tools using apk.
• Composer Installation: Downloads and installs Composer using curl and php.
• rootfs: Copies the application code from the rootfs directory into the container's root directory.
• ENTRYPOINT: Sets tini as the entry point for proper process management.
• CMD: Starts PHP-FPM in foreground mode.
• EXPOSE: Exposes port 80 for HTTP access.
• WORKDIR: Sets the working directory to /var/www.

Customization:

• To install additional PHP extensions, add apk add php-<extension-name> to the Dockerfile.
• To customize PHP-FPM settings, modify the www.conf file and copy it into the container.
• To install nginx, add nginx to the apk add command, and add a nginx.conf file to the rootfs folder.