INCEPTION: Dockerized Web Application Setup

This project sets up a full-stack Dockerized environment with multiple services including Nginx, WordPress, MariaDB, Redis, FTP, Adminer, cAdvisor, and more. The goal is to provide a simple yet flexible solution for building and managing web applications using Docker containers.

Project Structure

• Nginx: Serves as a reverse proxy to route incoming traffic securely to the appropriate services.
• MariaDB: The database server for the WordPress site.
• WordPress: The content management system (CMS) powering the website.
• Adminer: A lightweight database management tool for MariaDB.
• Redis: A caching service to boost performance.
• FTP: A file transfer protocol service for easy file management.
• cAdvisor: A container monitoring tool to track performance metrics.
• MyWeb: A custom web app running on a specific port.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, ensure that you have the following installed:

• Docker (v20.10 or higher)
• Docker Compose (v1.29 or higher)

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository
   Clone the repository to your local machine.

   git clone <repository_url>
   cd <repository_directory>

2. Configure environment variables Create a .env file with the necessary values. This file will contain values such as database credentials, site details, and user information:

DOMAIN_NAME=yourdomain.com
STATE=YourState
LOCALITY=YourCity
ORG=YourOrganization
COUNTRY=YourCountry
DB_NAME=yourdbname
DB_USER=yourdbuser
DB_PASS=yourdbpassword
ADMIN_USERNAME=youradminusername
ADMIN_MAIL=youremail@example.com
USER_USERNAME=yourusername
USER_MAIL=youruseremail@example.com
WEBSITE_NAME=yourwebsite
ADMIN_PASS=youradminpassword
USER_PASS=youruserpassword
FTP_USER=yourftpuser
FTP_PASS=yourftppassword

4. Build and start the containers Run Docker Compose to build and start all the services.

  make

or

  make deamon

4. Access your services

• Nginx: Access the website via https://yourdomain.com (replace with your actual domain name).
• Adminer: Manage your MariaDB database at http://localhost:8080.
• FTP: Use your FTP credentials to access the server via FTP on port 21.
• cAdvisor: Monitor container metrics at http://localhost:8080.

Services Overview

• Nginx: Acts as a reverse proxy and load balancer, routing traffic to WordPress or other services based on configuration.
• MariaDB: The relational database management system used by WordPress.
• WordPress: The platform for creating and managing the website.
• Adminer: A simple and easy-to-use database management tool for MariaDB.
• Redis: A fast, in-memory data store used to improve WordPress performance through caching.
• FTP: Allows you to manage files on the server.
• cAdvisor: Provides detailed statistics about container performance, helping to monitor resource usage.
• MyWeb: A custom web app running on port 8070.

Volumes

This project uses Docker volumes for data persistence:

• wordpress_data: Stores the WordPress data.
• mariadb_data: Stores the MariaDB data.
• adminer_data: Stores the Adminer data.

Networking

The containers are connected via a Docker bridge network named inception to ensure secure communication between them.