Adding PHP extension Inotify to docker-compose?

Question

How do I add a PHP extention to an image? I am trying to build a LAMP docker with the PHP extension inotify tools

My file looks like the following - what is next to get inotify working?:

`

version: '24.0.5'
services:
    www:
        image: php:8.2.10-apache-bullseye
        volumes:
            - "./:/var/www/html"
        ports:
         - 80:80

`

I have Docker-Desktop with a Linux based LAMP image

I tried this dockerfile but exits 0

FROM php:8.0-apache
WORKDIR /var/www/html
COPY index.php index.php
RUN pecl install inotify
EXPOSE 80

Answer 1

Oh my goodness! - Then I thought of ChatGPT

The solution

To create a Docker container for a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server with the PHP extension inotify, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a Dockerfile: Create a file named "Dockerfile" (no file extension) and add the following content:

# Use an official PHP image as the base image
FROM php:7.4-apache

# Install inotify extension
RUN pecl install inotify \
    && docker-php-ext-enable inotify

# Enable Apache modules and restart Apache
RUN a2enmod rewrite

# Copy your PHP application files to the container
COPY ./your-php-files /var/www/html/

# Expose port 80 for Apache
EXPOSE 80

# Start Apache in the foreground
CMD ["apache2-foreground"]

Replace ./your-php-files with the actual path to your PHP application files.

2. Build the Docker image: Navigate to the directory containing the Dockerfile in your terminal and run:

docker build -t lamp-with-inotify .

This command will build the Docker image with the tag "lamp-with-inotify."

3. Run the Docker container: Once the image is built, you can run a container from it using the following command:

docker run -d -p 8080:80 --name lamp-container lamp-with-inotify

This command will start a container named "lamp-container" and map port 8080 on your host to port 80 in the container.

4. Access your LAMP server: You can access your LAMP server with the inotify extension by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080 or http://<your-docker-host-ip>:8080.

Now you have a Docker container running a LAMP server with the PHP inotify extension. Make sure to adapt the PHP version and other configurations as needed for your specific application.

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