Nginx and PHP in container made simple.

Note: url 0:8080 is shorthand of http://127.0.0.1:8080

Command to store JSON values (note lines wrapped):

curl -X POST "0:8080/short/?uuid=2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7" \
--data '{"keyA":"valA","sub":{"keyB":"valB"}}'

Command to retrieve JSON values:

curl "0:8080/short/?uuid=2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7"

do the same in browser like http://127.0.0.1:8080/short/?uuid=2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7

or the ultimate no ? and = containing url

curl "0:8080/short/2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7"

alternative date update:

curl -X POST "0:8080/short/2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7" \
--data '{"keyA":"valA","sub":{"keyB":"valB"}}'

which in turn is this cute link http://127.0.0.1:8080/short/2db9cd01-e909-448d-8883-93e2773657a7

There are several option how to quickly run multiple containers that depends one on another. As the primary processes that has to be containerised are nginx and php-fpm we need two containers. Of course the ultimate solution would be to use Kubernetes (K8s) either small like k3, minicube or those that are part of Docker Desktop or hosted like GKE or OpenShift (self hosted as OKD).

The bare bones setup that uses the trick of --network container:... so you can just run (with docker installed):

# to download image and start nginx frontend server
./10_run_nginx.sh
# to download image start php-fpm backend server (used by nginx)
./20_run_php.sh

The no-so-loved docker-compose Python wrapper for Docker engine can simplify some infra setup.

docker-compose up

Images used:

• bitnami/nginx - bitnami built nginx
• bitnami/php-fpm - and accompanying php

The go to http://localhost:8080 beware that the port 8080 has to be available in order to start.