localdev

Quick and easy way to setup a local development environment with a reverse proxy, and database viewer.

Prerequisites

• Docker

Installation

1. Clone this project locally.

2. Make sure the docker daemon is running.

3. Run docker network create localdev.

4. Add the following to your /etc/hosts file:

   127.0.0.1    localdev

5. From the project root, run docker compose up -d.

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Usage

Database Viewer

To use either of the database tools, simply comment out the other in the docker-compose.yml prior to starting the containers

• Adminer (default)
• DBeaver

Exposing a project to the Reverse Proxy

1. Set the VIRTUAL_HOST environment variable in the project's docker-compose.yml file to the desired domain name. (e.g. VIRTUAL_HOST=example.docker)

2. Same value in your /etc/hosts file (e.g. 127.0.0.1 example.docker)

3. Add the project to the nginx-proxy network by adding the following to the project's docker-compose.yml file:

   networks:
     <project-name>:
       external:
         name: localdev