Docker on Mac?

[ladybug]

Hey,so I need to run php in docker container on a Mac. However I have never installed docker before and I was wondering, first what does docker install except itself. Does it install any extra apps? Like virtual box? I have heard something like that? Second if I do decide to install it and I need to run php and I get it form a docker image I a docker container will it be available for the rest of my system outside of the docker? Will Wordpress be able to use it if it's outside of the docker container? 

[Needfuldoer]

If you're this worried about cluttering up your Mac, and you're just using this for development purposes, you might as well just run a Linux virtual machine. Then you know everything will be contained within the VM except the hypervisor.

 

https://www.virtualbox.org/

 

There are pre-packaged appliance distributions that have everything you need pre-installed:

https://www.turnkeylinux.org/lamp

 

Or you can install Ubuntu then add the LAMP stack onto it:

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/lamp-applications

 

[Zagna]

For Wordpress development on Mac, Local, DevKinsta or Valet are great choices.

[ladybug]

12 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

If you're this worried about cluttering up your Mac, and you're just using this for development purposes, you might as well just run a Linux virtual machine. Then you know everything will be contained within the VM except the hypervisor.

 

https://www.virtualbox.org/

 

There are pre-packaged appliance distributions that have everything you need pre-installed:

https://www.turnkeylinux.org/lamp

 

Or you can install Ubuntu then add the LAMP stack onto it:

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/lamp-applications

 

yeah but I want to run it on my Mac not in a linux vm without cluttering my Mac. Is docker the best option? Or should I use mamp?

[Zagna]

Just now, stefanmz said:

yeah but I want to run it on my Mac not in a linux vm without cluttering my Mac. Is docker the best option? Or should I use mamp?

Local and Valet are just Mac apps, DevKinsta uses Docker. None of them are linux VMs.

[ladybug]

Just now, Zagna said:

Local and Valet are just Mac apps, DevKinsta uses Docker. None of them are linux VMs.

So I checked out Local so it's just a free app? And it uses a local server or their servers? So you just install the app without anything else and that's it?

[Zagna]

1 minute ago, stefanmz said:

So I checked out Local so it's just a free app? And it uses a local server or their servers? So you just install the app without anything else and that's it?

Free app, runs on your machine. It contains NginX/Apache, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB.

[ladybug]

Just now, Zagna said:

Free app, runs on your machine. It contains NginX/Apache, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB.

Cool well Apache is already built in but I need the rest of that stuff. And there is no free trial and subscriptions? Just free? Wow,then I am getting it that's awesome, and it supports multiple sites without the hassle of setting up multiple Wordpress installations