WordPress¶

Install a lightweight WordPress container with OpenLiteSpeed Edge or Stable version on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux.

Prerequisites¶

1. Install Docker
2. Install Docker Compose

Configuration¶

Edit the .env file to update the demo site domain, default MySQL user, and password. Feel free to check Docker hub Tag page if you want to update default openlitespeed and php versions.

Installation¶

Clone this repository or copy the files from this repository into a new folder:

git clone https://github.com/litespeedtech/ols-docker-env.git

docker-compose up

Note: If you wish to run a single web server container, please see the usage method here.

Components¶

The docker image installs the following packages on your system:

Data Structure¶

Cloned project

├── acme
├── bin
│   └── container
├── data
│   └── db
├── logs
│   ├── access.log
│   ├── error.log
│   ├── lsrestart.log
│   └── stderr.log
├── lsws
│   ├── admin-conf
│   └── conf
├── sites
│   └── localhost
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── docker-compose.yml

• acme contains all applied certificates from Lets Encrypt
• bin contains multiple CLI scripts to allow you add or delete virtual hosts, install applications, upgrade, etc
• data stores the MySQL database
• logs contains all of the web server logs and virtual host access logs
• lsws contains all web server configuration files
• sites contains the document roots (the WordPress application will install here)

Usage¶

Starting a Container¶

Start the container with the up or start methods:

docker-compose up

docker-compose up -d

Stopping a Container¶

docker-compose stop

Removing Containers¶

To stop and remove all containers, use the down command:

docker-compose down

Setting the WebAdmin Password¶

We strongly recommend you set your personal password right away.

bash bin/webadmin.sh my_password

Starting a Demo Site¶

After running the following command, you should be able to access the WordPress installation with the configured domain. By default the domain is http://localhost.

bash bin/demosite.sh

Creating a Domain and Virtual Host¶

bash bin/domain.sh [-A, --add] example.com

Deleting a Domain and Virtual Host¶

bash bin/domain.sh [-D, --del] example.com

Creating a Database¶

You can either automatically generate the user, password, and database names, or specify them. Use the following to auto generate:

bash bin/database.sh [-D, --domain] example.com

bash bin/database.sh [-D, --domain] example.com [-U, --user] USER_NAME [-P, --password] MY_PASS [-DB, --database] DATABASE_NAME

Installing a WordPress Site¶

To preconfigure the wp-config file, run the database.sh script for your domain, before you use the following command to install WordPress:

./bin/appinstall.sh [-A, --app] wordpress [-D, --domain] example.com

Install ACME¶

We need to run the ACME installation command the first time only. With email notification:

./bin/acme.sh [-I, --install] [-E, --email] EMAIL_ADDR

Applying a Let's Encrypt Certificate¶

Use the root domain in this command, and it will check for a certificate and automatically apply one with and without www:

./bin/acme.sh [-D, --domain] example.com

Update Web Server¶

To upgrade the web server to latest stable version, run the following:

bash bin/webadmin.sh [-U, --upgrade]

Apply OWASP ModSecurity¶

Enable OWASP mod_secure on the web server:

bash bin/webadmin.sh [-M, --mod-secure] enable

bash bin/webadmin.sh [-M, --mod-secure] disable

Accessing the Database¶

After installation, you can use phpMyAdmin to access the database by visiting http://127.0.0.1:8080 or https://127.0.0.1:8443. The default username is root, and the password is the same as the one you supplied in the .env file.

Customization¶

If you want to customize the image by adding some packages, e.g. lsphp74-pspell, just extend it with a Dockerfile. 1. We can create a custom folder and a custom/Dockerfile file under the main project. 2. Add the following example code to Dockerfile under the custom folder

FROM litespeedtech/openlitespeed:latest
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install lsphp74-pspell -y

  litespeed:
    image: litespeedtech/openlitespeed:${OLS_VERSION}-${PHP_VERSION}
    build: ./custom

docker-compose up --build

FAQ¶

How do I Configure MTU with Docker?¶

A common problem when operating dockers within a virtualization infrastructure is that the network cards provided to virtual machines do not have the default MTU of 1500. If the outgoing interface has an MTU smaller than 1500, please consider applying the following rules to docker-compose.yml. This will avoid the package getting trimmed.

networks:                                
  default:                               
    driver: bridge                       
    driver_opts:                         
      com.docker.network.driver.mtu: 1400

Be sure to substitute the MTU number 1400 with your own docker outgoing interface MTU size.

How do I add a bind mount for php.ini?¶

Move or copy php.ini out of the LiteSpeed folder by running the following command from the host:

docker-compose exec litespeed su -c 'mv /usr/local/lsws/lsphp80/etc/php/8.0/litespeed/php.ini /usr/local/lsws/conf'

Edit docker-compose.yml and add the php.ini bind mount by inserting this line under litespeed > volumes:

- ./lsphp80:/usr/local/lsws/lsphp80/etc/php/8.0/litespeed

The updated section should look like this:

 litespeed:
    image: litespeedtech/openlitespeed:${OLS_VERSION}-${PHP_VERSION}
    env_file:
      - .env
    volumes:
        - ./lsws/conf:/usr/local/lsws/conf
        - ./lsphp80:/usr/local/lsws/lsphp80/etc/php/8.0/litespeed

Move or copy php.ini back to its original location:

docker-compose exec litespeed su -c 'mv /usr/local/lsws/conf/php.ini /usr/local/lsws/lsphp80/etc/php/8.0/litespeed/php.ini'

Change the host directory permission:

sudo chown -R root:root lsphp80