docker-flarum/README.md

mondedie/flarum

What is this ?

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free. http://flarum.org/

Features

• Lightweight & secure image
• Based on Alpine Linux with nginx and PHP 7
• Latest Flarum Beta (v0.1.0-beta.6)
• MySQL/Mariadb driver
• OPCache extension configured

Build-time variables

• VERSION = Version of flarum (default: v0.1.0-beta.6)

### Ports

• 8888

Volume

• /flarum/app/assets : Flarum assets directory

Environment variables

Variable	Description	Type	Default value
GID	Flarum user id	optional	991
UID	Flarum group id	optional	991
DEBUG	Flarum debug mode	optional	false
FORUM_URL	Forum URL	required	none
DB_HOST	MariaDB instance ip/hostname	optional	mariadb
DB_USER	MariaDB database username	optional	flarum
DB_NAME	MariaDB database name	optional	flarum
DB_PASS	MariaDB database password	required	none

Installation

1 - Pull flarum image

# Pull from hub.docker.com :
docker pull mondedie/flarum

# or build it manually :
docker build -t mondedie/flarum https://github.com/mondediefr/flarum.git#master

2 - Docker-compose.yml

Adapt to your needs :

flarum:
  image: mondedie/flarum
  container_name: flarum
  links:
    - mariadb:mariadb
  environment:
    - FORUM_URL=https://forum.domain.tld
    - DB_PASS=xxxxxxxx
  volumes:
    - /mnt/docker/flarum:/flarum/app/assets

mariadb:
  image: mariadb:10.1
  container_name: mariadb
  volumes:
    - /mnt/docker/mysql/db:/var/lib/mysql
  environment:
    - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx
    - MYSQL_DATABASE=flarum
    - MYSQL_USER=flarum
    - MYSQL_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx

4 - Reverse proxy setup

See : https://github.com/mondediefr/flarum/wiki/Reverse-proxy-example

5 - Done, congratulation ! 🎉

You can now run Flarum :

docker-compose up -d

Upgrade from beta 5

⚠️ Disable 3rd party extensions prior to upgrading.

docker pull mondedie/flarum && docker-compose up -d

Navigate to yourforum.com/admin, enter your database password and update.

Remove and restart your container :

docker-compose stop flarum
docker-compose rm flarum
docker-compose up -d

Install custom extensions

Flarum extensions list : https://packagist.org/search/?q=flarum-ext

Install an extension

docker exec -ti flarum extension require some/extension

Remove an extension

docker exec -ti flarum extension remove some/extension

List all extensions

docker exec -ti flarum extension list

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