Docker compose demonization with systemd

Easy way to (auto)start your infrastructure with docker-compose. Very useful for development, review servers, pre-prod, or test environments. Also includes tips on protecting iptables when using docker-compose.

This example shows a minimal setup with Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and Redis containers, plus a systemd service for automatic startup and shutdown.

docker-compose.yml configuration

nginx-d1:
    image: nginx:1.15
    container_name: nginx-d1
    ports:
        - "443:443"
        - "80:80"
    links:
        - php-d1
    volumes:
        - /data/code:/code
        - /srv/docker-compose/configs/nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d

php-d1:
    image: php72-fpm
    container_name: php-d1
    ports:
        - "9000"
    links:
        - mysql-d1
        - redis-d1
    volumes:
        - /data/code:/code

mysql-d1:
    image: percona
    container_name: mysql-d1
    command: --max_allowed_packet=1073741824
    ports:
        - "13306:3306"
    volumes:
        - /data/mysql-d1:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
        - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ROOTPASSWORD!!!

redis-d1:
    image: redis
    container_name: redis-d1
    ports:
        - "6379"

Systemd startup service

# cat /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose.service
[Unit]
Description=Docker compose service
Requires=docker.service
After=docker.service

[Service]
Restart=always

WorkingDirectory=/srv/docker-compose
ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down -v
ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose rm -fv
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down -v

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Nginx vhost example

# cat app2-review.domain.com.conf
server {    
    listen 80;    
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name ~^(www\.)?(?.+?).app2-review.domain.com$;
    root /code/app2/$sname/public;
...
    location / {
...
    }
}

PHP location example

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
...
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_pass php-d1:9000;
...
}

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