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.. include:: /_includes/snippets/__ANNOUNCEMENTS__.rst
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2018-07-03 13:47:58 +00:00
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Devilbox purpose
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The Devilbox aims to provide you a universal zero-configuration LAMP and MEAN development
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environment for any purpose which is setup in less than 5 minutes.
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Its main intention is to support an unlimited number of projects for any framework or cms
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and be portable accross all major operating systems, as well as providing any available php version
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with whatever module you require.
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To be portable, customizable and as leight weight as possible, the choice fell on a Dockerized
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setup.
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Why did I built this?
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In one of my previous jobs I had to maintain around 30 different PHP projects. Many of them
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utilized different versions and configuration, thus I had to switch between my local MacOS and
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various Linux VMs on a frequent base in order to fullfill the current requirement.
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Setting up new vhosts, local DNS entries, self-signed https certificates, installing other PHP
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versions, ensuring I had all modules and lots of other initial configuration was always a pain to
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me, so I decided to automate this.
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Automation is key
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=================
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A few month after releasing it on Github I hit another problem: Tickets regarding outdated versions
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as well as new major version requests accumulated and I spent a lot of time keeping up with
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updating and creating Docker images and making them available.
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That was the point when I decided to create a fully automated and generalized build infrastructure
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for all custom Docker images.
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The outcome was this:
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* Docker images are generated and verified with Ansible
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* Docker images have extensive CI tests
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* Docker images are automatically built, tested and updated every night and pushed on success
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Issues with Docker encountered
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One of the major issues I have encountered with Docker is the syncronization of file and
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directory permissions between local and Docker mounted directories.
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This is due to the fact that the process of PHP or the web server usually run with a different
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``uid`` and ``gid`` as the local user starting the Docker container. Whenever a new file is created
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from inside the container, it will happen with the ``uid`` of the process running inside the
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container, thus making it incompatible with your local user.
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This problem has been finally addressed with the Devilbox and you can read up on it in much more
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detail here: :ref:`syncronize_container_permissions`.
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Today's state
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Honestly speaking, in the time I spent to build the Devilbox, I could have configured every
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possible VM by now, but I would have missed the fun. I learned a lot and in the end it made my
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work much more pleasent.
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Tomorrow's state
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I use the Devilbox on a daily base and together with other developers we find more and more edge
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cases that are being resolved. As technology also advanced quickly, the Devilbox needs to keep up
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with as well. Next major milestones will be to modularize it for easier customization of currently
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not available Container, hardening for production usage and workflows for deployments in a CI/CD
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landscape.
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