Setup Docker-Compose for Project

Dockerfile

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+FROM php:8.1-fpm
+
+# Copy composer.lock and composer.json into the working directory
+COPY composer.lock composer.json /var/www/html/
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html/
+
+# Install dependencies for the operating system software
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    build-essential \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+    libfreetype6-dev \
+    locales \
+    zip \
+    jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle \
+    vim \
+    libzip-dev \
+    unzip \
+    git \
+    libonig-dev \
+    curl
+
+# Clear cache
+RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install extensions for php
+RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql mbstring zip exif pcntl
+RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg
+RUN docker-php-ext-install gd
+
+# Install composer (php package manager)
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+
+# Copy existing application directory contents to the working directory
+COPY . /var/www/html
+
+# Assign permissions of the working directory to the www-data user
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data \
+    /var/www/html/storage \
+    /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache
+
+# Expose port 9000 and start php-fpm server (for FastCGI Process Manager)
+EXPOSE 9000
+CMD ["php-fpm"]

README.md

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+
+
+## Docker (with Docker-Compose) Setup
+
+Docker and Docker Compose allow for an easier way to standup this demo application. We will create 3 containers (app, db, nginx) in order to get all this sample app stood up using Docker. In order to use this option you'll first need to make sure that you have Docker installed on your local machine. 
+
+Change directories into the app directory and run the following command: `docker-compose up -d`.
+
+This will download the images and create the containers. We'll then need to clear the cache and generate the key as mentioned above. The easiest way to do this once the containers are up and running is to get a bash shell on the app container with the following command: 
+
+```
+docker-compose exec app bash
+```
+
+Once you have a terminal on this container then you can run the following commands. 
+```
+php artisan key:generate
+
+php artisan config:cache
+```
+
+Next we need to connect to the database container and create a user that we can use to migrate and seed the database. This is similar to above but instead of the app container, we'll need to connect to the MySQL container. 
+
+```
+docker-compose exec db bash
+```
+Once you have a shell on this container, connect to MySQL in order to create a MySQL user for the application to use. 
+
+```
+mysql -u root -p laravel_web
+Enter password: <password you create in docker-compose.yml>
+```
+
+**Important** - This must be the same details that are specified in the `.env` file. 
+```
+GRANT ALL ON laravel_web.* TO 'laraveluser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '<laravel_docker_password>';
+
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+```
+
+Finally, lets get terminal access on the `app` container and use it to migrate and seed the database. 
+
+```
+php artisan migrate --seed
+```