docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
# Create networks to be used to isolate containers
networks:
  # Server network to hold database and backend
  servernetwork: {}
# Create named volumes to mount to containers.
volumes:
  # Create a named volume to hold database data
  database-storage: {}
# Define services to be run.
services:
  database:
    build: ./database
    volumes:
      - database-storage:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      # Since we didn't set any password, default root password is empty.
      # Make sure Mariadb accepts the empty password and runs.
      - MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=1
    ports:
      # Expose the Mysql port for local development.
      # This is so we can connect to the database using `localhost` or the ip of the docker host.
      - "3306:3306"
    networks:
      # Add the database service to the servernetwork.
      - servernetwork
  application:
    build:
      context: ./application
      dockerfile: development.Dockerfile
    volumes:
      - ./application:/application/code
    env_file:
      # Get the configuration from the dotenv file.
      - ./application/.example.env
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    networks:
      - servernetwork
    depends_on:
      - database