ExpressionEngine Docker Image

• Official website https://expressionengine.com/
• Documentation https://docs.expressionengine.com
• ExpressionEngine on Github https://github.com/ExpressionEngine

How to run with Docker

1. Go to directory with this repo (in console) on your computer
2. Run command $ docker-compose up -d it will create three images - ExpressionEngine, Mysql and Adminer
3. ExpressionEngine app files, are located in expressionengine directory at your computer, and /var/www/html inside of the container

Now you have working environment based on Docker. Below are few links, where you can go and start working with ExpressionEngine.

http://localhost:7312/admin.php - ExpressionEngine administration panel
http://localhost:7312 - Main page
http://localhost:8181 - Adminer to management MySQL database

ExpressionEngine installation

After first time running docker containers, we need to set up ExpressionEngine site.

1. Got to http://localhost:7312/admin.php page

2. You should have seen installer of ExpressionEngine. Fill required fields with this data:

   Server Address: db
   DB name: expressionengine
   DB username: expressionengine
   DB password: expressionengine
   Email: your@email.com
   Username: some_user
   Password: some_password

   New to ExpressionEngine? Install the default theme to get up and running faster with dummy front-end and back-end data. To do this, please check Install default theme? option.
   Check checkbox I agree to the license Terms and Conditions and click Install button.

   After successfully installation, you should be able to see info-box

   

3. According to information from install complete box, we need to remove system/ee/installer directory. Without that we won't be able to log in into administration panel. To remove this directory, we need to go into docker container with ExpressionEngine page. To do that, go to console and run command:

   $ docker exec -it expressionengine-7.3.12 bash

   This command will move you to container console with a path /var/www/html. In this console write and execute command:

   $ rm -rf system/ee/installer/

   This command will delete installer directory in Docker container. After that you can type $ exit in a console to exit from container.

   Now if you go to admin panel page http://localhost:7312/admin.php you will get login page

   

   You can log in with credentials passed during installation process Username: some_user and Password: some_password

   Main page url is http://localhost:7312. If you checked Install default theme? option during installation, you should be able to see page with some data.

Connection with MySQL database

If you want to connect directly with MySQL database, there is an simple application called Adminer included to this ExpressionEngine docker image. If you go to:

http://localhost:8181

You should've seen login page to MySQL database

If you fill fields with the data (same as during ExpressionEngine installation process):

Server: db
Username: expressionengine
Password: some_password
Database: expressionengine

Click Login button and you will connect to database assigned to your ExpressionEngine page.

Technologies

Type	Version
ExpressionEngine	7.2.15
PHP	8.0.28-apache
MySQL	8.0.33
Adminer	latest