contur

Contur

Contur is an open-source command line application simplifying your local web development environment. It hosts your site using Docker containers so you don't have to install Apache, MySQL, PHP and PHP extensions on your own machine. Contur is written in Ruby and uses the Docker HTTP API.

Requirements

• Ruby 2.3.0+ (recommended installation method via rvm)
• Docker (for Mac see this)

Installation

1. Install requirements (see above)
2. gem install contur

Usage

1. Create a .contur.yml file in the root of your repository
2. Launch docker
3. Run $ contur start to build the image, launch the MySQL container and the Contur container
4. Run $ contur restart to restart the Contur container

When you run the start command the following will happen:

1. Contur builds a Docker image with apache, php-fpm and a couple of PHP extensions and configure them to work together
2. Contur downloads and starts a MySQL container (of your choice or the latest one if undefined in the YAML)
3. Contur starts the container
4. Contur runs the init script
5. You can access the site on localhost:8088
6. If your root directory is empty, Contur will create an index.php file with a phpinfo inside

When you run the restart command the following will happen:

1. Contur checks if your image is up-to-date and builds a new one if needed
2. Contur kills the currently running Contur container
3. Contur starts a new container and re-runs the init script

The container

The following happens in the container when you start it:

1. Export the specified envrionment variables (env section)
2. Runs the commands from the before section
3. Starts apache
4. Starts php-fpm to keep alive the container

The .contur.yml

The build file consists of sections: version, use, before, env. The minimal YAML file for contur to work properly:

---
version: 1.0

Sections of the build file

version - [required]

Version of the build file. Currently this is the only required section.

Allowed values: 1.0

Example

---
version: 1.0

use - [optional]

Specify the MySQL and PHP versions you want to use.

PHP

Current default PHP version: 5.6.25

At the moment specifying a PHP version is not working (to be implemented soon).

MySQL

Default is the latest from Dockerhub

To connect:

• no username
• password is 'admin'
• host address: $MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_ADDR

Example

---
version: 1.0
use:
  mysql: 5.6.20

env - [optional]

Specify environment variables to use them in the before script or in your site

Example

---
version: 1.0
env:
  THE_ANSWER: 42
  DOCTOR: Who

before - [optional]

Run scrips before starting php-fpm.

Example

---
version: 1.0
before:
  - composer install

Example .contur.yml

---
version: 1.0
use:
  mysql: 5.6.20
env:
  YAML_DEFINED: envvar
  ANOTHER_ENV_VAR: Contur
before:
  - echo "Hello, $ANOTHER_ENV_VAR!<br />Generated at $(date)<br /> MySQL version $MYSQL_ENV_MYSQL_VERSION" > /www/index.php

Commands

$ contur help
Commands:
  contur --version, -V          # Current version
  contur delete [-CIM]  # Delete container, image or MySQL container(s)
  contur help [COMMAND]         # Describe available commands or one specific command
  contur log                    # Get container log
  contur restart                # Restart contur container
  contur start                  # Build and start everything
  contur validate               # Validate build definition file

Options:
  -v, [--verbose], [--no-verbose]
  -f, [--force]

Near-future goals and features to be implemented

• Selectable PHP version
• Configurable port mapping for MySQL and your site
• Multiple running environments
• Ability to choose between Apache and Nginx for server
• Ability to select/add PHP extensions

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Commit your changes to your own repo on a separate branch
3. Submit pull request

If you can, please use the provided EditorConfig file!

Milestones

List of Star Wars planets and moons

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License. See more in LICENSE.txt