Abstract

Install Drupal with PostgreSQL using Docker compose.

• Drupal is a free and open-source web content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
• PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is a free and open-source relational database management system emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance.

Networking

1. Set host-name to docker

• sudo nano /etc/hostname

2. Change network info using netplan

• sudo nano /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml
• Hostname: Docker
• IP: [10.0.5.50/24]
• DNS Servers: [10.0.5.10, 10.0.5.11]
• Search Domain: [group14.local]
• dhcp4: no
• Gateway4: 10.0.5.2

Install Docker

• Make sure you have the necessary packages to allow the use of Docker’s repository
• sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg
• Add Docker’s GPG key
• curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
• Verify the fingerprint of the GPG key
• sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
• Add the stable Docker repository
• sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
• Update your package index and install Docker CE
• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install docker-ce

Install Docker Compose

• Download the latest version of Docker Compose
• sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-uname -s-uname -m -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
• Set file permissions
• sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Set Up Drupal

• Create a new directory drupal
• mkdir ~/drupal/
• cd ~/my_drupal/
• sudo nano docker-compose.yml
• docker-compose.yml
• Run the docker container
• docker-compose up -d
• Go to ip in browser
• On set up page
• Database name: postgres
• Database username: postgres
• Database password: The password set in the docker-compose.yml file
• Host (under Advanced Options): postgres