I am pretty new with all of this docker stuff and I have this docker-compose.yml file:
fpm:
build:
context: "./php-fpm"
dockerfile: "my-fpm-dockerfile"
restart: "always"
ports:
- "9002:9000"
volumes:
- ./src:/var/www/src
depends_on:
- "db"
nginx:
build:
context: "./nginx"
dockerfile: "my-nginx-dockerfile"
restart: "always"
ports:
- "8084:80"
volumes:
- ./docker/logs/nginx/:/var/log/nginx:cached
- ./src:/var/www/src
depends_on:
- "fpm"
I am curious why do I need to add my project files in the fpm container as well as in the nginx?
Why isn't it enough to add it just only to my webserver? A web server is a place that holds the files and handles the request...
I believe that this information would be useful to other docker newbies as well.
Thanks in advance.
In your NGinx container you only need the statics and in your PHP-FPM container you only need the PHP files. If you are capable of splitting the files, you don't need any file in both sites.
Why isn't it enough to add it just only to my webserver? A web server is a place that holds the files and handles the request...
NGinx handles requests from users. If a request is to a static file (configured in NGinx site), it sends the contents back to the user. If the request is to a PHP file (and NGinx is correctly configured to use FPM on that place), it sends the request to the FPM server (via socket or TCP request), which knows how to execute PHP files (NGinx doesn't know that). You can use PHP-FPM or whatever other interpreter you prefer, but this one works great when configured correctly.