The german computer magazin c't periodical No 5 from 2/20/2016 has multiple interesting articles about docker and how to create a wordpress installation very fast. The following article explains how to install docker on Linux Mint 17.1 and summarizes the commands explained in c't about docker and how to setup a local wordpress via docker. Additional commands about docker are also explained in addition how to create your own nginx docker image. Other articles in the computer magazin explain in detail the way docker works and how to orchestrate containers.
Installation and start of docker
# execute as root
echo 'deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-trusty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
apt-get update
apt-get install docker-engine
service docker start
Download docker images and start of Wordpress
sudo mkdir /srv/docker_mysqldata
sudo docker run -d --name mysql-container -v /srv/docker_mysqldata/:/var/lib/mysql/ -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password mysql
sudo docker run -d --name wordpress-container --link mysql-container:mysql -p 8080:80 wordpress
Invocation of Wordpress
Insert http://localhost:8080 in your browser
Additional useful docker commands
| Function | Command |
| List active containers | sudo docker ps |
| Stop a container | sudo docker stop <containername1> <containername2> ... |
| Erase a container | sudo docker rm <containername> |
| Start a container | sudo docker start <containername> |
| Download an image | sudo docker pull <imagename> |
| Watch containerlogs | sudo docker logs <containername> |
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Create a terminal session into runnning container |
sudo docker exec -t -i <containername> bash |
| Help for a docker command |
sudo docker --help sudo docker <command> --help |
Start a Debian in docker and create a terminalsession
sudo docker pull debian
sudo create --name=mydebian -t -i debian
sudo docker start -a -i mydebian
# or everythin in one command
docker run -i -t --name mydebian debian
Create you own nginx docker image
sudo mkdir /root/docker_nginx
sudo echo '<html><body><p>This is my Nginx in my first docker image</p></body></html>' > /root/docker_nginx/index.html
sudo echo -e 'FROM debian
MAINTAINER foo <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx
ADD index.html /var/www/html/
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;" ]' > /root/docker_nginx/Dockerfile
docker build -t mynginx /root/docker_nginx/
docker run -d -p 8081:80 mynginx
Website to call: localhost:8081
Other websites with information about Docker
A Quick Introduction to Docker
Getting Started with Docker: Simplifying Devops