This post will focus on installing the Docker engine and then running the applications we need to make the blog work as Docker containers.
I’m not the best to explain all about Docker, so I’ll focus on what I needed to do to get the blog running. If you really want to learn about Docker there are lots of good resources out there, starting with Docker’s own documentation (which I used a lot).

Coding Militia (João Antunes)

A practical walkthrough for installing Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 and running a WordPress blog stack using Docker containers. Covers Docker engine installation, setting up a user-defined bridge network for container communication, and running MySQL, WordPress, and NGINX containers. Includes MySQL database setup via docker exec, NGINX reverse proxy configuration using Docker volumes, and tips on container networking and data persistence with volumes.

Getting this up and running – Installing Docker and running applications with it (2/3)

Quick Docker networking need to know intro #