G11DockerWP

A Docker-based solution for cloning existing WordPress sites. For background, see the post on Gear 11

Thanks to Eugene Ware and jbfink

Prerequisites

• Docker (requires 64-bit Linux, use VirtualBox for other OSes)
• Existing installer package of your WordPress site created with Duplicator

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/gear11/G11DockerWP
$ cd G11DockerWP
$ sudo docker build -t="G11DockerWP" .

Usage

To clone your wordpress site:

$ sudo docker run -i -p 80:80 -v (package dir):/wp-install -t G11DockerWP -u (new WP url)

For example, to start a new copy of your site on your localhost, with your Duplicator package /home/me/pkg:

$ sudo docker run -i -p 80:80 -v /home/me/pkg:/wp-install -t G11DockerWP -u http://127.0.0.1

Your site should now be cloned and available at http://127.0.0.1 . It is a fully independent clone, including:

• All users and posts
• All media
• All links working properly
• All plugins installed

If you'd like to have Docker start services in the background and yield a shell prompt, start with the -s option:

$ sudo docker run -i -p 80:80 -v /home/me/pkg:/wp-install -t G11DockerWP -u http://127.0.0.1 -s

If you snapshot your running image, you can restart it without any options:

$ sudo docker commit <container id> G11DockerWP/snap1
...
$ sudo docker run -i -p 80:80 -v /home/me/pkg:/wp-install -t G11DockerWP/snap1

It will start much faster since it doesn't have to do any setup.