Installing Docker Desktop on Windows

Download Docker Desktop from the offiical website. Verify system compatibility before installation as prerequisites are critical.

Note: Enabling Hyper-V may conflict with VMware. Use the following commands to manage Hyper-V, requiring a system restart:

:: Disable Hyper-V
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

:: Enable Hyper-V
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

Pulling Required Docker Images

Obtain the latest images for Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and Redis:

docker pull nginx:latest
docker pull php:8.1-fpm
docker pull mysql:8.0
docker pull redis:latest

Preparing Configuration Files

Organize host directories for container configurations. Example structure:

E:\docker\etc
├── mysql
├── nginx
└── php

Nginx Configuration:

docker run --name temp-nginx -d nginx
docker cp temp-nginx:/etc/nginx E:\docker\etc\nginx
docker rm -f temp-nginx

PHP Configuration:

docker run --name temp-php -d php:8.1-fpm
docker cp temp-php:/usr/local/etc E:\docker\etc\php
docker rm -f temp-php

MySQL Directory Setup:

cd E:\docker\etc\mysql
mkdir conf logs data

Launching Containers with Dependencies

Start containers in order due to dependency links:

1. MySQL
2. Redis
3. PHP-FPM
4. Nginx

MySQL Container:

docker run --name mysql-server -p 33060:3306 \
-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root \
-v E:\docker\etc\mysql\conf:/etc/mysql/conf.d \
-v E:\docker\etc\mysql\logs:/logs \
-v E:\docker\etc\mysql\data:/var/lib/mysql \
-d mysql:8.0

Redis Container:

docker run --name redis-server -p 6379:6379 -d redis:latest

PHP-FPM Container:

docker run --name php-fpm \
-v E:\project:/var/www/html \
-v E:\docker\etc\php:/usr/local/etc \
-v E:\docker\log\php:/var/log/php \
--link redis-server:redis \
--link mysql-server:mysql \
-d php:8.1-fpm

Nginx Container:

docker run --name nginx-server -p 8080:80 \
-v E:\project:/usr/share/nginx/html \
-v E:\docker\etc\nginx:/etc/nginx \
-v E:\docker\log\nginx:/var/log/nginx \
--link php-fpm:php \
-d nginx:latest

Testing the Deployment

Modify default.conf in E:\docker\etc\nginx\conf.d:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    location / {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html/LaravelAdmin/public;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;
    }

    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        root html;
        fastcgi_pass php:9000; # Matches linked PHP container alias
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/html/LaravelAdmin/public$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Resolve "Primary script unknown" errors by ensuring SCRIPT_FILENAME points to the correct public directory within the PHP container's filesystem.