The devilbox

Usage | Features | Documentation | Run-time Matrix | Intranet | Screenshots | Contributing | License

The devilbox is a modern and highly customizable alternative for XAMPP with a few additional feature on top. It is based on docker-compose with presets for all kinds of versions for webservers, database servers, php and more.

Configuration is not necessary, as everything is pre-setup with mass virtual hosting and auto-dns.

Supported operating systems

_{It might run on FreeBSD, but I don't know the status of docker-compose there.}

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Usage

Quick start

You are up and running in three simple steps:

# Create docker-compose environment file
$ cp env-example .env

# Edit your configuration
$ vim .env

# Start all containers
$ docker-compose up

Selective start

The above will start all containers, you can however also just start the containers you actually need. This is achieved by simply specifying them in the docker-compose command. Here are a few examples to get you started.

$ docker-compose up httpd php mysql redis

$ docker-compose up httpd php mysql pgsql redis memcd

$ docker-compose up httpd php pgsql memcd

Run different versions

Every single attachable container comes with many different versions (see runtime-matrix below). In order to select the desired version for a container, simply edit the .env file and uncomment the version of choice.

The following example shows how to set Memcached to version 1.4.28:

$ vim .env

...
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.21
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.22
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.23
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.24
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.25
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.26
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.27
MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.28
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.29
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.30
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.31
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.32
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.33
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.34
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.35
#MEMCD_SERVER=1.4.36
#MEMCD_SERVER=latest

Enter the container

You can also work directly inside the php container if you need to run tools such as drush, drupal-console, composer, node etc. Simply use the prepared scripts in the base directory to enter (PS1 will be populated with current chosen php version):

# Enter as user devilbox (normal operation / development)
$ ./bash.sh
devilbox@php-7.0.19 in /shared/httpd $


# Enter as root user (do root stuff)
$ ./root_bash.sh
root@php-7.0.19 in /shared/httpd $

Your projects can be found in /shared/httpd (This is also the place you will land once entered). DNS records are automatically available inside the php container. Also every other service will be available on 127.0.0.1 inside the php container (tricky socat port-forwarding).

Feature overview

The devilbox has everything setup for you. The only thing you will have to install is docker and docker-compose. Virtual hosts and DNS entries will be created automatically, just by adding new project folders.

• Mass virtual host
• Custom domains (*.loc, *.local, *.dev, ...)
• Auto-DNS (Internal Bind server running)
• Email catch-all (Internal postfix with catch-all)
• Log files (available on host computer)
• Config overwrites (my.cnf, nginx.conf, httpd.conf or php.ini)
• Tools (git, composer, node, npm, drush, drupal-console, ...)
• Xdebug

Batteries included:

• phpMyAdmin
• Adminer
• OpcacheGUI
• Mail viewer

Documentation

Video Tutorials

Documentation

For setup, usage and examples see detailed Documentation.

Documentaion	Description
Overview	General overview
Configuration	How to configure the devilbox
Usage	How to use the devilbox
Updating	How to update
Info	Technical information
PHP Projects	How to manage projects
Emails	How email catching works
Logs	How to view log files
Intranet	The built-in intranet
FAQ	Frequently asked questions

Run-time Matrix

Select your prefered version. (By editing the .env file)

No need to install and configure different versions locally. Simply choose your required LAMP/LEMP stack versions during startup and it is up and running instantly.

1/3 Base stack (required)

DNS	Webserver	PHP
Bind	Apache 2.2	PHP 5.4
	Apache 2.4	PHP 5.5
	Nginx stable	PHP 5.6
	Nginx mainline	PHP 7.0
		PHP 7.1
		HHVM latest

_{Note: Entries without links or without build-status are planned, but not yet available. See ROADMAP for tasks and upcoming features.}

2/3 SQL stack (optional)

MySQL	PostgreSQL	MS SQL
MySQL 5.5	PgSQL 9.1	MS SQL 2017
MySQL 5.6	PgSQL 9.2
MySQL 5.7	PgSQL 9.3
MySQL 8.0	PgSQL 9.4
MariaDB 5.5	PgSQL 9.5
MariaDB 10.0	PgSQL 9.6
MariaDB 10.1
MariaDB 10.2
MariaDB 10.3

_{Note: Entries without links or without build-status are planned, but not yet available. See ROADMAP for tasks and upcoming features.}

3/3 NoSQL stack (optional)

Cassandra	CouchDB	Memcached	MongoDB	Redis
Cassandra 2.1	CouchDB 1.6	latest	2.8	2.8
Cassandra 2.2	CouchDB 2.0		3.0	3.0
Cassandra 3.0			3.2	3.2
			3.4
			3.5

_{Note: Entries without links or without build-status are planned, but not yet available. See ROADMAP for tasks and upcoming features.}

Intranet overview

The devilbox comes with a pre-configured intranet on http://localhost. It will not only show you, your chosen configuration, but also validate the status of your configuration, such as Do DNS records exists (on host and container), are directories properly set-up. Additionally it provides external tools to let you interact with databases and emails.

• Virtual Host overview (validates directories and DNS)
• Database overview (MySQL, PgSQL, Redis, Memcache, ...)
• Email overview
• Info pages (Httpd, MySQL, PgSQL, Redis, Memcache, ...)
• phpMyAdmin
• Adminer
• OpcacheGUI

Screenshots

Homepage with host / docker information

The homepage shows you the status of your current configured setup.

• which versions are used
• what directories are mounted
• where does DNS point to
• what other settings have been set
• did any errors occur?

Virtual Host overview

This overview shows you all available virtual hosts and if they need additional configuration (on the host)

Virtual Hosts are considered valid if the following requirements are met (on the host system):

• htdocs folder/symlink exists in your project folder
• /etc/hosts has a valid DNS config for your host: 127.0.0.1 <project-folder>.<TLD_SUFFIX> (alternatively the bundle BIND server can be attached to your host-computer).

Database overview

Shows you all the databases that are loaded

Email overview

Shows you all the emails that have been sent. No email will actually be sent outside, but they are all catched by one account and presented here.

Contributing

Contributers are welcome in any way.

First of all, if you like the project, please do star it. Starring is an important measurement to see the number of active users and better allows me to organize my time and effort I can put into this project.

Secondly, please do report all bugs. This will not only help you get your problem fixed, but also help others as they might encounter the same.

And last but not least, you can also get actively involved. Do clone the project and start improving whatever you think is useful. There is quite a lot todo and planned. If you like to contribute, view CONTRIBUTING.md and ROADMAP.

Major contributors will be credited within the intranet and on the github page.

License

MIT License