How to deploy Joomla with Docker

Follow this step-by-step guide on how to quickly deploy a containerized version of Joomla with the help of Docker.

Joomla is a world-class open source content management system that is search engine and mobile friendly, multilingual and flexible. It also offers unlimited design possibilities. With over 110 million downloads, over 10,000 extensions and templates, his Joomla is used by over 2 million of his websites. He may deploy his Joomla on business websites and portals, e-commerce or online publications.

With the help of Docker, you can quickly deploy a containerized version of Joomla and use it for any purpose. Let’s do just that.

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What you need to deploy Joomla with Docker

Demonstrates how to deploy to an instance of Ubuntu Server 22.04 using the Docker runtime engine. You need a running instance of Ubuntu Server, which can be run on-premises or on a cloud host (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.), and a user with sudo privileges.

How to install Docker

Install Docker

Install Docker from the default repository in a simple way. Login to your Ubuntu server and install Docker as follows:

sudo apt-get install docker.io -y

add user to docker group

Add your user to the docker group with the following command:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Make the system aware of the new group with the following command:

newgrp docker

How to create a network and pull images

Create a new Docker network

First, we need to create a network for Joomla with the following command:

docker network create joomla-network

Then pull the Joomla and MySQL images using the following commands:

docker pull mysql:5.7
docker pull joomla

How to deploy the database

Create a MySQL volume

First, create a volume for the database using the following command.

docker volume create mysql-data

Deploy the database

Then use the command to deploy the database. where PWORD is a unique and strong password.

docker run -d --name joomladb  -v mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql --network joomla-network -e "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=PWORD" -e MYSQL_USER=joomla -e "MYSQL_PASSWORD=PWORD" -e "MYSQL_DATABASE=joomla" mysql:5.7

How to deploy Joomla

Create Joomla Volume

Create a volume to hold the Joomla data using the following command:

docker volume create joomla-data

Deploy Joomla with this command. where PWORD is the password you set during database deployment.

docker run -d --name joomla -p 80:80 -v joomla-data:/var/www/html --network joomla-network -e JOOMLA_DB_HOST=joomladb -e JOOMLA_DB_USER=joomla -e JOOMLA_DB_PASSWORD=PWORD joomla

You may also need to change the port configuration if port 80 is already in use. For example, you can deploy Joomla to external port 8005 using the following command:

docker run -d --name joomla -p 8005:80 -v joomla-data:/var/www/html --network joomla-network -e JOOMLA_DB_HOST=joomladb -e JOOMLA_DB_USER=joomla -e JOOMLA_DB_PASSWORD=PWORD joomla

How to access the web-based installer

Point your web browser to http://SERVER:PORT. where SERVER is her IP address or domain of the hosting server and PORT is the external port you assigned during deployment. Web-based installer (Figure A), you can now complete the installation.

Figure A

The host for the database is joomladb because it’s containerized instead of localhost.

congratulation! Deployed Joomla with the help of Docker. This process allows you to deploy Joomla to any environment that supports Docker.

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