Docker Installation

Quick Setup via Auto Install

For a quick setup you may use the auto installation features of Apex to get up and running with an installation including various base packages within a few minutes. To do so, within terminal run the following commands:

composer --no-dev create-project apex/apex apex
cd apex
mv install_example.yml install.yml

sudo docker-compose up -d
sudo docker-compose exec apex apex

That's it, and your new system will be online with various base packages, and you can access your admin panel at http://127.0.0.1/admin/

If you receive dependency errors, you may resolve by running:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis libfreetype6-dev php-tokenizer php-mbstring php-zip php-gd php-redis php-gd composer git

Standard Docker Setup

Apex comes with a docker-compose.yml file, making installation via a docker container easy. To start, download Apex with:

composer --no-dev create-project apex/apex apex
cd apex

Open the docker-compose.yml file, and modify starting at line #45 with your desired mySQL login credentials. Next, login to the shell and start the installation wizard with:

sudo docker-compose up -d
sudo docker-compose exec apex bash
apex

Few notes regarding the installation wizard:

• If not specified below, leave the field to its default by pressing enter.
• for domain name, enter "127.0.0.1"
• For the redis host, enter "redis"
• For the mySQL host, enter "mysql".
• For mySQL database, you can either choose to auto-generate the database / users, or define the credentials you set within the docker-compose.yml file previously.

That's it! Apex should now be installed, and you can view the administration panel at http://127.0.0.1/admin/. You will most likely want to install some additional packages, such as for example with:

apex install webapp cms maintenance multi_admins users transaction support devkit

You may also list all packages available to you with apex list_packages, and search all packages with apex search TERM.