docker-compose.yml

version: "3" 
# Defines which compose version to use
services:
    # Services line define which Docker images to run. In this case, it will be MySQL server and WordPress image.
    db:
        image: mysql:5.7
        # image: mysql:5.7 indicates the MySQL database container image from Docker Hub used in this installation.
        restart: always
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
            MYSQL_DATABASE: interlucid-website
            MYSQL_USER: interlucid
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
            # Previous four lines define the main variables needed for the MySQL container to work: database, database username, database user password, and the MySQL root password.
        ports:
            - "3305:3306"
    wordpress:
        depends_on:
            - db
        image: wordpress:latest
        restart: always
        # Restart line controls the restart mode, meaning if the container stops running for any reason, it will restart the process immediately.
        ports:
            - "8080:8080"
            # The previous line defines the port that the WordPress container will use. After successful installation, the full path will look like this: http://localhost:8000
        environment:
            WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
            WORDPRESS_DB_USER: interlucid
            WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: password
            WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: interlucid-website
            WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA: |
                define('WP_HOME', 'http://localhost:8080');
                define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://localhost:8080');
                define('WP_DEBUG', true);
                define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
                ini_set('log_errors', 1);
                ini_set('error_log', '/var/www/html/wp-content/debug.log');
                ini_set('error_log', '/var/www/html/wp-content/debug.log');
                ini_set('memory_limit', '512M');
                ini_set('max_execution_time', 300);
        # Similar to MySQL image variables, the last four lines define the main variables needed for the WordPress container to work properly with the MySQL container.
        volumes:
            - ./:/var/www/html
            - ./000-default.conf:/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
volumes:
    mysql: {}