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      <title>Introduction</title>
      <link>http://laradock.io/introduction/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      
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&lt;p&gt;Laradock strives to make the PHP development experience easier and faster.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It contains pre-packaged Docker Images that provides you a wonderful &lt;em&gt;development&lt;/em&gt; environment without requiring you to install PHP, NGINX, MySQL, Redis, and any other software on your machines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Laradock is configured to run Laravel Apps by default, and it can be modified to run all kinds of PHP Apps (Symfony, CodeIgniter, WordPress, Drupal&amp;hellip;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;quick-overview&#34;&gt;Quick Overview&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s see how easy it is to install &lt;code&gt;NGINX&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;PHP&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Composer&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;MySQL&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Redis&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;beanstalkd&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1 - Clone Laradock inside your PHP project:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-shell&#34;&gt;git clone https://github.com/Laradock/laradock.git
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2 - Enter the laradock folder and rename &lt;code&gt;env-example&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;.env&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-shell&#34;&gt;cp env-example .env
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3 - Run your containers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-shell&#34;&gt;docker-compose up -d nginx mysql redis beanstalkd
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3 - Open your project&amp;rsquo;s &lt;code&gt;.env&lt;/code&gt; file and set the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-shell&#34;&gt;DB_HOST=mysql
REDIS_HOST=redis
QUEUE_HOST=beanstalkd
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4 - Open your browser and visit localhost: &lt;code&gt;http://localhost&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-shell&#34;&gt;That&#39;s it! enjoy :)
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;what-is-docker&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;what-is-docker&#34;&gt;What is Docker?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.docker.com&#34;&gt;Docker&lt;/a&gt; is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers, by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating-system-level_virtualization&#34;&gt;operating-system-level virtualization&lt;/a&gt; on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;why-docker-not-vagrant&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;why-docker-not-vagrant&#34;&gt;Why Docker not Vagrant!?&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.vagrantup.com&#34;&gt;Vagrant&lt;/a&gt; creates Virtual Machines in minutes while Docker creates Virtual Containers in seconds.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instead of providing a full Virtual Machines, like you get with Vagrant, Docker provides you &lt;strong&gt;lightweight&lt;/strong&gt; Virtual Containers, that share the same kernel and allow to safely execute independent processes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition to the speed, Docker gives tons of features that cannot be achieved with Vagrant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most importantly Docker can run on Development and on Production (same environment everywhere). While Vagrant is designed for Development only, (so you have to re-provision your server on Production every time).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;laradock-vs-homestead&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;laradock-vs-homestead-for-laravel-developers&#34;&gt;Laradock VS Homestead (For Laravel Developers)&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Laradock It&amp;rsquo;s like Laravel Homestead but for Docker instead of Vagrant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Laradock and &lt;a href=&#34;https://laravel.com/docs/master/homestead&#34;&gt;Homestead&lt;/a&gt; both give you complete virtual development environments. (Without the need to install and configure every single software on your own Operating System).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Homestead is a tool that controls Vagrant for you (using Homestead special commands). And Vagrant manages your Virtual Machine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Laradock is a tool that controls Docker for you (using Docker &amp;amp; Docker Compose official commands). And Docker manages your Virtual Containers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Running a virtual container is much faster than running a full virtual Machine. Thus &lt;strong&gt;Laradock is much faster than Homestead&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;Demo&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;demo-video&#34;&gt;Demo Video&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s better than a &lt;strong&gt;Demo Video&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laradock &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQii1jDa96Y&#34;&gt;v4.*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laradock &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DamFMczwDA&#34;&gt;v2.*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laradock &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGkyO6Is_aI&#34;&gt;v0.3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laradock &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQsHe6oF80&#34;&gt;v0.1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;features&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;features&#34;&gt;Features&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Easy switch between PHP versions: 7.0, 5.6, 5.5&amp;hellip;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Choose your favorite database engine: MySQL, Postgres, MariaDB&amp;hellip;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Run your own combination of software: Memcached, HHVM, Beanstalkd&amp;hellip;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Every software runs on a separate container: PHP-FPM, NGINX, PHP-CLI&amp;hellip;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Easy to customize any container, with simple edit to the &lt;code&gt;Dockerfile&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All Images extends from an official base Image. (Trusted base Images).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pre-configured NGINX for Laravel.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Easy to apply configurations inside containers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clean and well structured Dockerfiles (&lt;code&gt;Dockerfile&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Latest version of the Docker Compose file (&lt;code&gt;docker-compose&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Everything is visible and editable.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fast Images Builds.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More to come every week..&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;Supported-Containers&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;supported-software-containers&#34;&gt;Supported Software (Containers)&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Database Engines:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MySQL&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MariaDB&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MongoDB&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Neo4j&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RethinkDB&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Postgres Postgis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cache Engines:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Redis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Memcached&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aerospike&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHP Servers:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;NGINX&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apache2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Caddy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHP Compilers:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PHP-FPM&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HHVM&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Message Queuing Systems:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Beanstalkd&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Beanstalkd Console&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RabbitMQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RabbitMQ Console&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tools:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PhpMyAdmin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adminer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PgAdmin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ElasticSearch&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Selenium&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Certbot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mailhog&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Minio&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Workspace

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PHP7-CLI&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Composer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Git&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Linuxbrew&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Node&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gulp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SQLite&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;xDebug&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Envoy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deployer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vim&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Yarn&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;hellip; Many other supported tools are not documented. (Will be updated soon)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you can&amp;rsquo;t find your Software, build it yourself and add it to this list. Contributions are welcomed :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&#34;Chat&#34;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&#34;chat-with-us&#34;&gt;Chat with us&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You are welcome to join our chat room on Gitter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://gitter.im/Laradock/laradock?utm_source=badge&amp;amp;utm_medium=badge&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pr-badge&#34;&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://badges.gitter.im/Laradock/laradock.svg&#34; alt=&#34;Gitter&#34; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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