gnu-social/docker/development/README.md

Docker for development

This directory has docker related files for local development.

You can run GNU social on Docker by following commands on your local machine.

cd /path/to/repository
mkdir -p file/avatar
cp DOCUMENTATION/SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATORS/webserver_conf/htaccess.sample public/.htaccess

cd docker/development
docker compose up -d

After commands, you can open https://localhost/installer.php on your web browser. If you use Chromium/Google Chrome, you need to open chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost and turn to [Enabled] for security alert.

In installer, you need to fill following database settings.

• Hostname: db
• Type: MariaDB
• Name: gnusocial
• DB username: root
• DB password: (empty)

You can remove container and named volume by following commands.

docker compose down
docker volume rm development_gnusocial-db