| group | cloud-guide | |||
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| title | Docker container architecture | |||
| functional_areas |
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The {{site.data.var.mcd-package}} repository contains build information to create a Docker environment with the required specifications for Magento Cloud. The build configuration creates a Docker instance with CLI and service containers required to run Magento Cloud in a local Docker environment. You can customize the Docker containers available in the repository and add more as needed.
{{site.data.var.mcd-prod}} generates the docker-compose.yml file to the required specifications. Then, you use docker-compose to create the container instances and to build and deploy the {{site.data.var.ee}} site.
The following CLI containers, most of which are based on a PHP-CLI version 7 Docker image, provide magento-cloud and ece-tools commands to perform file system operations and interact with the application:
{: .docker-cli-container-table}
| Name | Service | Key & options | Available Versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| build | Build Container | none | none | PHP Container, runs build process |
| deploy | Deploy Container | none | none | PHP Container, runs the deploy process |
| cron | Cron Jobs | --with-cron |
none | Optional PHP Container runs cron tasks |
| node | Node | --node |
6, 8, 10, 11 | Optional Node container used for gulp or other NPM-based commands |
See Docker CLI containers for details.
{{site.data.var.mcd-prod}} references the .magento.app.yaml and .magento/services.yaml configuration files to determine the services you need. When you start the Docker configuration generator using the ece-docker build:compose command, use the optional build parameters to override a default service version or specify custom configuration.
For example, the following command starts the Docker configuration generator in developer mode and specifies PHP version 7.2:
./vendor/bin/ece-docker build:compose --mode="developer" --php 7.2The following table shows the options to customize service container configuration when you generate the Docker Compose configuration file.
{: .docker-service-versions-table}
| Name | Service | Key & options | Available Versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| db | MariaDB or MySQL |
--db, --db-image (MySQL)--expose-db-port--db-increment--db-offset--with-entrypoint--with-mariadb-config |
10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 5.6, 5.7, 8.0 |
Use the increment and offset options to customize the auto-increment settings for replication. Use the --with-entrypoint and --with-mariadb-config options to automatically configure database directories in the Docker environmentExample build commands: ece-docker build:compose --db <mariadb-version>ece-docker build:compose --db <mysql-version> --db-image |
| elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | --es--es-env-var--no-es |
5.2, 6.5, 6.8, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9 | Use the options to specify the Elasticsearch version, customize Elasticsearch configuration options, or to build a Docker environment without Elasticsearch. |
| fpm | PHP FPM | --php--with-xdebug |
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 | Used for all incoming requests. Optionally, install a specific php version or add Xdebug to debug PHP code in the Docker environment. |
| fpm_xdebug | Xdebug | --set-docker-host |
latest | Optional container for PHP debugging On Linux systems, --set-docker-host sets the .host.docker.internal value in the container /etc/hosts file. |
| mailhog | MailHog | --no-mailhog--mailhog-http-port--mailhog-smtp-port |
latest | Email service to replace Sendmail service, which can cause issues in Docker environment |
| node | Node | --node |
6, 8, 10, 11 | Node container to run gulp or other NPM based commands in the Docker environment. Use the --node option to install a specific node version. |
| rabbitmq | RabbitMQ | --rmq |
3.5, 3.7, 3.8 | Use the --rmq option to install a specific RabbitMQ version. |
| redis | Redis | --redis |
3.2, 5.0, 6.0 | Standard redis container |
| selenium | Selenium | --with-selenium--selenium-version--selenium-image |
Any | Enables Magento application testing using the Magento Functional Testing Framework (MFTF) |
| test | PHP CLI | --with-test |
Any | Optional container with a writable file system for running tests |
| tls | SSL Endpoint | --tls-port--no-tls |
nginx 1.19 | Terminates SSL, can be configured to pass to varnish or nginx. Use the --tls-port option to change the default port (443).Use the --no-tls option to disable tls. |
| varnish | Varnish | --no-varnish |
4, 6.2, 6.6 | Varnish is provisioned by default. Use the --no-varnish option to skip Varnish service installation. |
| web | NGINX | --nginx--nginx-worker-processes--nginx-worker-connections |
nginx 1.19 | Use the --nginx option to install a specific nginx version.Use the --nginx-worker-processes option to define the number of NGINX worker processes. The default is 1.Use the --nginx-worker-connections option to define the maximum number of connections that each worker process can handle simultaneously. The default is 1024 NGINX worker connections per process. |
Use the following command to view all available options for the ece-docker build:compose command:
./vendor/bin/ece-docker build:compose --helpWeb requests to https://magento2.docker/ are handled by the Docker containers using the following request flow:
- TLS
- Varnish
- Web (nginx)
- FPM
{:.bs-callout-info} You can remove Varnish from the configuration, in which case the traffic passes directly from the TLS container to the Web container.
You can share files easily between your machine and a Docker container by placing the files in the .docker/mnt directory. You can find the files in the /mnt directory the next time you build and start the Docker environment using the docker-compose up command.
When you launch the {{site.data.var.ece}} project in a local Docker environment, the default project configuration creates the following volumes:
magento-var
magento-app-etc
magento-pub-media
magento-pub-static
You can use these volumes to interact with the shared writeable mount directories for your Magento Cloud project, which are configured by default in the .magento.app.yaml file.
# The mounts that will be performed when the package is deployed.
mounts:
"var": "shared:files/var"
"app/etc": "shared:files/etc"
"pub/media": "shared:files/media"
"pub/static": "shared:files/static"You can customize this configuration by updating the mounts section in the magento.app.yaml file.
Additionally, you can share data into the containers using file synchronization. See the File synchronization and Developer mode documentation.
{{site.data.var.mcd-prod}} uses Docker volumes to maintain data throughout the lifecycle of the Docker containers. These volumes can be defined in several ways:
- in a
docker-compose.ymlor other docker-compose files - in the Dockerfile from the {{site.data.var.mcd-prod}} repository
- in the upstream Docker image
You do not interact with most of these volumes, which are used by the Docker containers and follow the docker-compose lifecycle. The only exception to this is the magento-sync directory that is an external volume used by the Mutagen application to transport data into the containers from the host operating system.
The docker-compose down command removes all components of your local Docker instance, including containers, networks, volumes, and images. However, this command does not affect the persistent database volume or the magento-sync volume used for file synchronization.
To remove all data and rebuild a clean environment:
bin/magento-docker down -vThe magento-sync volume is an external volume that you must create or delete manually. If the magento-sync volume does not exist, the following error message displays:
ERROR: Volume magento-sync declared as external, but could not be found. Please create the volume manually using `docker volume create --name=magento-sync` and try again.
All containers use the Docker logging method. You can view the logs using the docker-compose command. The following example uses the -f option to follow the log output of the TLS container:
docker-compose logs -f tlsNow you can see all requests that are passing through the TLS container and check for errors.
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