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"GET /index.php" 404 when dockerize Laravel app

I tried to have a very minimal setup, to dockerize Laravel app. Even the nginx able to forward the request to Laravel container, I'm still getting GET /index.php" 404

C:\yocto\snapweb>docker-compose logs --follow laravel
Attaching to snapweb_laravel_1
laravel_1  | [23-Jul-2018 07:10:04] NOTICE: fpm is running, pid 1
laravel_1  | [23-Jul-2018 07:10:04] NOTICE: ready to handle connections
laravel_1  | 172.18.0.3 -  23/Jul/2018:07:14:01 +0000 "GET /index.php" 404

When I went inside laravel container, this is how it looks like. Seem fine to me.

Inside Laravel container

/var/www/html # pwd
/var/www/html
/var/www/html # ls -al
total 224
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jul 23 07:09 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jul 21 08:11 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           668 Jul 23 07:08 Dockerfile
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 app
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          1686 May  8 19:42 artisan
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 bootstrap
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1477 May  8 19:42 composer.json
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        144199 Jul 23 07:03 composer.lock
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 config
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 database
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1022 May  8 19:42 package.json
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1134 May  8 19:42 phpunit.xml
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 public
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          3675 May  8 19:42 readme.md
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 resources
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 routes
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           563 May  8 19:42 server.php
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 storage
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 tests
drwxr-xr-x   37 root     root          4096 Jul 23 07:03 vendor
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           549 May  8 19:42 webpack.mix.js
/var/www/html # ls -al public
total 32
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jul 23 07:09 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           593 May  8 19:42 .htaccess
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 css
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root             0 May  8 19:42 favicon.ico
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1823 May  8 19:42 index.php
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 May  8 19:42 js
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            24 May  8 19:42 robots.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           914 May  8 19:42 web.config
/var/www/html #

May I know what's wrong with my setup? Here's my minimalist Dockerfiles

laravel/Dockerfile

FROM php:7.2.8-fpm-alpine3.7

RUN apk update && \
    apk add git && \
    apk add unzip
    
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer    
    
# Get laravel into a temporary folder.
RUN composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-install-tmp

# Move local host files to docker container.
COPY . /var/www/html

# Copy all laravel files, without overwrite files from host.
RUN false | cp -ai /var/www/html/laravel-install-tmp/* /var/www/html/ 2>/dev/null

# Remove temporary folder.
RUN rm -rf /var/www/html/laravel-install-tmp/

WORKDIR /var/www/html

CMD ["php-fpm", "-F"]

nginx/default.conf

server {
    listen 443;
    ssl on;

    ssl_certificate /app/cert.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /app/key.pem;
    
    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass laravel:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }   
}

nginx/Dockerfile

FROM nginx:1.13.9-alpine

COPY . /app

RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
COPY default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:

  # Note, SSL cert (cert.pem and key.pem) is generated from cloudflare.
  nginx:
    build:
      context: ./nginx
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    restart: always
    ports:
     - "2053:443"

     
  laravel:
    build:
      context: ./laravel
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    restart: always
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yccheok's avatar

I solve my problem using the following approach. Please let me know, if you encounter any error, in the following configuration files.

Here's my very minimal setup, which makes Laravel workable in Docker. Previously, it doesn't work, because it didn't include the following line in Nginx container. (Although error happens in Laravel container)

root /var/www/html/public;

laravel/Dockerfile

FROM php:7.2.8-fpm-alpine3.7

# Install tools to download Laravel framework. 
RUN apk update && \
    apk add git && \
    apk add unzip
    
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer    
    
# Download Laravel framework in correct directory.
RUN composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel /var/www/html/

# Copy and overwrite with files from host (including hidden file) to Laravel directory.
COPY . /tmp/files-from-host
RUN true | cp -ai /tmp/files-from-host/. /var/www/html/ 2>/dev/null
RUN rm -rf /tmp/files-from-host/

WORKDIR /var/www/html

# Avoid error "The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened: failed to open stream: Permission denied"
RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/storage

CMD ["php-fpm", "-F"]

nginx/default.conf

server {
    listen 443;
    ssl on;
    root /var/www/html/public;

    ssl_certificate /app/cert.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /app/key.pem;
    
    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass laravel:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
    }   
}

nginx/Dockerfile

FROM nginx:1.13.9-alpine

COPY . /app

RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
COPY default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:

  # Note, SSL cert (cert.pem and key.pem) is generated from cloudflare.
  nginx:
    build:
      context: ./nginx
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    restart: always
    ports:
     - "2053:443"

     
  laravel:
    build:
      context: ./laravel
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    restart: always

You can then access Laravel app using

https://localhost:2053/

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