How to run laravel app inside docker container? - laravel

Question

I want to get docker container's result from local, following is what I tried.
step1.
create php-composer image using dockerFile.
FROM php:7
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install curl
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
RUN php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
RUN apt-get install -y git
step2.
create container and execute laravel app.
docker run -p 127.0.0.1:3000:8000 --name MyTest -dt php-composer to create a container
docker cp laravelApp/ d4bbb5d36312:/usr/
docker exec -it MyTest bash
cd usr/laravelApp
php artisan serve
After that, terminal shows success info:
Laravel development server started: <http://127.0.0.1:8000>
But when I access 127.0.0.1:3000 at browser, I get nothing.
Why is that?

Answer 1

there are some php extensions that are needed for laravel to work, so you need to install them too, this is the full dockerfile
FROM php:7
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y openssl zip unzip git
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo mbstring
WORKDIR /app
COPY app /app # this copies all the app files to a folder called `app`
RUN composer install
CMD php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000
EXPOSE 8000
then to run the container, run this command only:
docker run -p 3000:8000 --name MyTest
then go to http://localhost:3000
let me know if it didn't work