How do I setup a local wordpress using Docker? - wordpress

Question

So I decided to try Docker for my local Wordpress development.
Luckily, Docker has a quickstart guide for that.
I followed the entire process and I *think* I understood most of it. However, when I had the Docker container up and running, it made a clean installation of Wordpress instead of using the local files I had for a project. I initially thought that changing the directory to the project folder allowed it to read the files in it. Apparently, I was mistaken. I've tried searching the net for an answer and
most of them are just tutorials into how to use Docker for WP.
So with that in mind, how do I create a Docker container (or change the Docker YAML file) that uses the local WP files I have?
docker-compose.yml
version: '3.3'
services:
db:
image: mysql:5.7
volumes:
- db_data:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: somewordpress
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
MYSQL_USER: wordpress
MYSQL_PASSWORD: wordpress
wordpress:
depends_on:
- db
image: wordpress:latest
ports:
- "8000:80"
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
volumes:
db_data: {}
Project structure
/project
/app
/sql
docker-compose.yml
I'm running on Ubuntu 19.04

Answer 1

Wordpress on docker
Create the docker-compose.yml with the follwing
version: '3.1'
services:
wordpress:
image: wordpress
restart: always
ports:
- 8080:80
volumes:
- ./app:/var/www/html
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: DoKRteST
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: mysql
mysql:
image: mysql:5.7
# Uncomment the below code to maintain the persistancy of the data
# volumes:
# - ./wordpress:/var/www/html
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: DoKRteST
./app folder is the actual wordpress app folder
Simply click on
to run it on Play with docker

Answer 2

You just need to mount wp-content of the host to the container. you can look for wp-content in your current directory structure probably under app/wp-content
wordpress:
depends_on:
- db
image: wordpress:latest
ports:
- "8000:80"
restart: always
volumes:
- wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
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