Docker for Bolt CMS - Headless version

This is a Docker image for Bolt CMS.

Setup

1. Clone this repository and cd into it.
2. Extract boltcms.tar.gz into docker/boltcms/ directory:

tar -xvzf docker/boltcms.tar.gz -C docker/boltcms/

3. Rename docker/.env.example to docker/.env and set the environment variables.
4. Edit docker/boltcms/.env and set the environment variables for APP_SECRET and DATABASE_URL.
5. Change into the docker directory and run docker compose build to build the docker image.
6. Run docker compose up -d to start the containers.
7. Get the container name of the boltcms-app container by running docker compose ps.
8. Enter the boltcms-app container by running the following command:

docker exec -it <CONTAINER-NAME> bash

9. Run the following command in the container to setup Bolt CMS:

bin/console bolt:setup

Follow the instructions.

10. Set file system permissions. Make sure the Apache i.e. www-data user has write permissions to bolt directories with e.g.:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/var
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/config
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/public/files
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/public/theme
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/public/thumbs

11. Visit http://<YOUR_IP>:<BOLTCMS_PORT>/bolt in your browser and login with the credentials you set in step 9.
12. You may want to proxy the boltcms-app and PHP-MyAdmin containers with a web server like Nginx or Apache. For Apache e.g.:

ProxyPass /phpmyadmin/  http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse /phpmyadmin/ http://localhost:8080/

ProxyPass /  http://localhost:8000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8000/

13. Update Bolt CMS with composer by running the following command in the boltcms-app container:

composer update

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.