Recently I migrated my websites and some applications from 7 years old server to a new server. Then I just realize some PHP application is not working on the latest PHP 7.4, thus I have to create a simple docker container to run the app.
Specifically, it’s Invoice Ninja v3.4.1.
This application was running on my server for more than 5 years.
Because I’m too lazy to upgrade to the latest version manually, so I think letting it run in a container with a specific PHP version will be good enough for me.
Following is my Dockerfile:
# use any php version as u need
FROM php:7.0.33-apache
# install any php extension as u need
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql mysql
# install ssl-cert for generate self-signed cert
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ssl-cert
# enable apache2 mod
RUN a2enmod rewrite
RUN a2enmod ssl
# simple virtualhost definition
RUN echo '\n\
<VirtualHost *:443>\n\
<Directory /srv>\n\
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks\n\
AllowOverride All\n\
Require all granted\n\
</Directory>\n\
DocumentRoot /srv/public \n\
SSLEngine on \n\
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem \n\
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key \n\
</VirtualHost>\n'\
> /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
WORKDIR /srv
CMD ["apache2-foreground"]
With this Dockerfile:
1. install PHP extension to run the applications.
2. it has a self-signed certificate to enable simple SSL.
3. it allows us to mount any kind of PHP application and use it immediately.
To run the application with this Dockerfile:
1. Put the Dockerfile in your application root directory.
2. Build the image:docker build -t YOUR-APPLICATION-IMAGE:custom .
3. Run the container with the image and mount the application directory to container’s /srv:docker run --rm --name CONTAINER_NAME -v /path/to/your/application YOUR-APPLICATION-IMAGE:custom
That’s all~
With this trick, you should be able to run any web applications that require PHP version less than 7.4