Lightweight LAMP Stack with Docker

This repository contains a lightweight LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack using Docker containers.

Features

• Apache 2.4 (Alpine-based) - Web server with support for virtual hosts
• PHP 8.4 (FPM Alpine-based) - Latest PHP version
• MySQL 8.0 - Relational database
• Adminer - Lightweight database management tool (alternative to phpMyAdmin)
• Virtual Host Support - Easy to add new virtual hosts
• Optimized Images - Using Alpine Linux for minimal footprint

Directory Structure

Docker-Lamp/
├── apache/           # Apache configuration and Dockerfile
├── php/              # PHP configuration and Dockerfile
├── mysql/            # MySQL configuration and Dockerfile
├── adminer/          # Adminer configuration and Dockerfile
├── html/             # Web root directory (mounted to containers)
├── docker-compose.yml # Docker Compose configuration
└── README.md         # This file

Quick Start

1. Clone this repository
2. Navigate to the project directory
3. Start the stack:

docker-compose up -d

4. Access the services:
   • Web server: http://localhost:32000
   • Adminer (MySQL GUI): http://localhost:32001
   • PHP Info page: http://localhost:32000/index.php

Configuration

Apache Virtual Hosts

To add a new virtual host:

1. Create a new .conf file in apache/vhosts/
2. Configure your virtual host settings
3. Restart Apache: docker-compose restart apache

Example virtual host configuration is provided in apache/vhosts/example.conf

Environment Variables

MySQL credentials are configured in docker-compose.yml:

• Database: lamp_db
• Username: lamp_user
• Password: lamp_password
• Root Password: root_password

Adminer uses these same credentials by default.

Customization

Changing PHP Version

Modify the PHP Dockerfile to use a different PHP version tag.

Adding PHP Extensions

Edit the PHP Dockerfile to install additional extensions using docker-php-ext-install.

Persistent Data

MySQL data is persisted in a Docker volume named mysql-data.

Stopping the Stack

docker-compose down

To remove volumes as well:

docker-compose down -v

Notes

• All images are based on Alpine Linux for minimal size
• Apache is configured to allow .htaccess overrides
• PHP-FPM communicates with Apache via the shared volume
• Adminer provides a clean, lightweight interface for database management