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Readme.md

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 # simple-laravel
 
+Get a Laravel server up and running quickly for testing and small-scale deployments with this lightweight Docker image.
 
+This image is designed to provide a hassle-free way to spin up a Laravel server for development, testing, and small-scale production environments. It's perfect for rapid prototyping, proof-of-concepts, and low-traffic web applications.
+
+Based on the official PHP image, ensuring a stable and secure foundation
+Pre-configured with Laravel and its dependencies, saving you time and effort
+Optimized for small-scale deployments, keeping resource usage to a minimum
+Easy to use and extend, with a simple and intuitive configuration
+
+## tags
+This image follows a similar tagging schema as the official PHP image.  
+`{simple-laravel version}-php-{php version} (e.g. vistanarvas/simple-laravel:2.0.2-php-8.3)`
 
 ## setting laravel up in a container
 
+### compose
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+services:
+    app:
+        image: vistanarvas/simple-laravel
+        ports:
+            - '8080:8080'
+            - '5173:5173'
+        environment:
+            DB_CONNECTION: mysql
+            DB_HOST: mysql
+            DB_PORT: 3306
+            DB_DATABASE: laravel
+            DB_USERNAME: laravel
+            DB_PASSWORD: password
+
+            BOOT_COMPOSER_INSTALL: true # runs `composer install` on boot
+            BOOT_NPM_INSTALL: true      # runs `npm install` on boot
+            BOOT_NPM_DEV: true          # starts `npm dev`
+
+            # Extra packages and php extensions to install on first boot
+            # EXTRA_APK_PACKAGES:   # example: libpng-dev icu-dev
+            # EXTRA_PHP_EXTENSIONS: # example: exif intl bcmath gd pdo_mysql
+        volumes:
+            - '[Path to your laravel project]:/var/www/html'
+        depends_on:
+            - mysql
+
+    mysql:
+        image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
+        environment:
+            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
+            MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: '%'
+            MYSQL_DATABASE: laravel
+            MYSQL_USER: laravel
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
+            MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1
+        volumes:
+            - 'mysql:/var/lib/mysql'
+
+volumes:
+    mysql:
+        driver: local
+```
+
+## suggested changes to laravel
+
 ### vite
-edit `/vite.config.js`
+`/vite.config.js`
 ```diff
  import laravel from 'laravel-vite-plugin';
  
@@ -20,9 +80,8 @@ edit `/vite.config.js`
              input: [
 
 ```
-
+---
-edit `/package.json`
+`/package.json`
-
 ```diff
      "private": true,
      "type": "module",

docker-compose.yml

@@ -3,57 +3,40 @@ services:
     app:
         image: vistanarvas/simple-laravel
         ports:
-            - '8080:80'
+            - '8080:8080'
             - '5173:5173'
         environment:
-            WEBSERVER_PORT: 80
             DB_CONNECTION: mysql
             DB_HOST: mysql
             DB_PORT: 3306
             DB_DATABASE: laravel
             DB_USERNAME: laravel
             DB_PASSWORD: password
-            BOOT_NPM_DEV: true # also starts `npm dev`
+
-            BOOT_NPM_INSTALL: true # runs `npm install` on boot
             BOOT_COMPOSER_INSTALL: true # runs `composer install` on boot
+            BOOT_NPM_INSTALL: true      # runs `npm install` on boot
+            BOOT_NPM_DEV: true          # starts `npm dev`
 
             # Extra packages and php extensions to install on first boot
             # EXTRA_APK_PACKAGES:   # example: libpng-dev icu-dev
             # EXTRA_PHP_EXTENSIONS: # example: exif intl bcmath gd pdo_mysql
+        volumes:
+          - '[Path to your laravel project]:/var/www/html'
         depends_on:
             - mysql
-            - redis
-            - mailpit
 
     mysql:
         image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
-        ports:
-            - '3306:3306'
         environment:
-            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
+            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
             MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: '%'
-            MYSQL_DATABASE: '${DB_DATABASE}'
+            MYSQL_DATABASE: laravel
-            MYSQL_USER: '${DB_USERNAME}'
+            MYSQL_USER: laravel
-            MYSQL_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
             MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1
         volumes:
             - 'mysql:/var/lib/mysql'
 
-    redis:
-        image: 'redis:alpine'
-        ports:
-            - '6379:6379'
-        volumes:
-            - 'redis:/data'
-
-    mailpit:
-        image: 'axllent/mailpit:latest'
-        ports:
-            - '1025:1025'
-            - '8025:8025'
-
 volumes:
     mysql:
-        driver: local
+        driver: local
-    redis:
-        driver: local