Monica can run with Docker images.
You can use Docker and docker-compose to pull or build and run a Monica image, complete with a self-contained MySQL database. This has the nice properties that you don't have to install lots of software directly onto your system, and you can be up and running quickly with a known working environment.
For any help about how to install Docker, see their documentation
There are two versions of the image you may choose from.
The apache tag contains a full Monica installation with an apache webserver. This points to the default latest tag too.
The fpm tag contains a fastCGI-Process that serves the web pages. This image should be combined with a webserver used as a proxy, like apache or nginx.
This image contains a webserver that exposes port 80. Run the container with:
docker run -d -p 8080:80 monicaThis image serves a fastCGI server that exposes port 9000. You may need an additional web server that can proxy requests to the fpm port 9000 of the container. Run this container with:
docker run -d -p 9000:9000 monica:fpmTo have a persistent storage for your datas, you may want to create volumes for your db, and for monica you will have to save the /var/www/html/storage directory.
Run a container with this named volume:
docker run -d
-v monica_data:/var/www/html/storage
monicaMonica needs a database connection, and currently supports mysql/mariadb only. Run these to have a running environment:
mysqlCid="$(docker run -d \
-e MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true \
-e MYSQL_DATABASE=monica \
-e MYSQL_USER=homestead \
-e MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret \
"mariadb:11")"
docker run -d \
--link "$mysqlCid":mysql \
-e DB_HOST=mysql \
-p 8080:80 \
monicaIf you want to use a mysql installation that already exists, you can pass the database environment variables directly into the docker run command, with DB_HOST indicating the IP address of the MySQL database. Ensure all permissions are granted to the user specified in the enviornment variable DB_USERNAME.
docker run -d \
-e DB_PORT=3306 \
-e DB_DATABASE=monica \
-e DB_USERNAME=homestead \
-e DB_PASSWORD=secret \
-e DB_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
-p 8080:80 \
monicaWait until all migrations are done and then access Monica at http://localhost:8080/ from your host system. If this looks ok, add your first user account.
Like every Laravel application, the php artisan command is very usefull for Monica.
To run a command inside the container, run
docker exec CONTAINER_ID php artisan COMMANDor for docker-compose
docker-compose exec monica php artisan COMMANDwhere monica is the name of the service in your docker-compose.yml file.
See some examples of docker-compose possibilities in the example section.
This version will use the apache image and add a mysql container. The volumes are set to keep your data persistent. This setup provides no ssl encryption and is intended to run behind a proxy.
Make sure to pass in values for APP_KEY variable before you run this setup.
Set APP_KEY to a random 32-character string. You can for instance copy and paste the output of echo -n 'base64:'; openssl rand -base64 32.
- Create a
docker-compose.ymlfile
version: "3.4"
services:
app:
image: monica
depends_on:
- db
ports:
- 8080:80
environment:
- APP_KEY=
- DB_HOST=db
- DB_USERNAME=usermonica
- DB_PASSWORD=secret
volumes:
- data:/var/www/html/storage
restart: always
db:
image: mariadb:11
environment:
- MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
- MYSQL_DATABASE=monica
- MYSQL_USER=usermonica
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
volumes:
- mysql:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
volumes:
data:
name: data
mysql:
name: mysql-
Set a value for
APP_KEYvariable before you run this setup. You can for instance copy and paste the output ofecho -n 'base64:'; openssl rand -base64 32
-
Run
docker-compose up -d
Wait until all migrations are done and then access Monica at http://localhost:8080/ from your host system. If this looks ok, add your first user account.
-
Run this command once:
docker-compose exec app php artisan setup:production
When using FPM image, you will need another container with a webserver to proxy http requests. In this example we use nginx with a basic container to do this.
- Download
nginx.confandDockerfilefile for nginx image. An example can be found on theexample sectionmkdir web curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monicahq/docker/master/.examples/nginx-proxy/web/nginx.conf -o web/nginx.conf curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monicahq/docker/master/.examples/nginx-proxy/web/Dockerfile -o web/Dockerfile
The web container image should be pre-build before each deploy with: docker-compose build
- Create a
docker-compose.ymlfile
version: "3.4"
services:
app:
image: monica:fpm
depends_on:
- db
environment:
- APP_KEY=
- DB_HOST=db
- DB_USERNAME=usermonica
- DB_PASSWORD=secret
volumes:
- data:/var/www/html/storage
restart: always
web:
build: ./web
ports:
- 8080:80
depends_on:
- app
volumes:
- data:/var/www/html/storage:ro
restart: always
db:
image: mariadb:11
environment:
- MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
- MYSQL_DATABASE=monica
- MYSQL_USER=usermonica
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
volumes:
- mysql:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
volumes:
data:
name: data
mysql:
name: mysql-
Set a value for
APP_KEYvariable before you run this setup. You can for instance copy and paste the output ofecho -n 'base64:'; openssl rand -base64 32
-
Run
docker-compose up -d
Wait until all migrations are done and then access Monica at http://localhost:8080/ from your host system. If this looks ok, add your first user account.
-
Run this command once:
docker-compose exec app php artisan setup:production
To expose your Monica instance for the internet, it's important to set APP_ENV=production in your .env file or environment variables. In this case https scheme will be mandatory.
One way to expose your Monica instance is to use a proxy webserver from your host with SSL capabilities. This is possible with a reverse proxy.
See some examples of docker-compose possibilities in the example section to show how to a proxy webserver with ssl capabilities.
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