Install docker and docker-compose⌗

I use Arch btw, so: sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose

Enable the docker daemon sudo systemctl enable docker and start it sudo systemctl start docker.

Add your user to the docker group: sudo usermod -a -G groupname username

Create a docker-compose.yaml file, fill it with content as per instructions from LinuxServer.IO

version: "2.1"
services:
  mariadb:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb
    container_name: mariadb
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${mariadbpassword}
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=WP_database
      - MYSQL_USER=WP_dbuser
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${WP_dbpassword}
    volumes:
      - ./mariadb:/config
    restart: unless-stopped
  swag:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/swag
    container_name: swag
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
      - URL=test.domain.com
      # - SUBDOMAINS=wildcard
      - VALIDATION=http
      # - DNSPLUGIN=cloudflare
    volumes:
      - ./swag:/config
    ports:
      - 443:443
      - 80:80
    depends_on:
      - mariadb
    restart: unless-stopped

I keep my passwords in .env file, I had issues because one contained a “$”, I removed it from the password.

Pull the containers

docker-compose pull

and start them

docker-compose up -d

You should find the test page including https at the given domain.

Now follow the instructions again, first we need wget though sudo pacman -S wget, then cd swag/www, wget the latest Wordpress wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz, unpack it tar xvf latest.tar.gz, open /swag/nginx/site-confs/default (here I deviated from the instructions, I put the folder somewhere else), change the line root /config/www; to root /config/www/wordpress;. Restart swag docker-compose restart (execute in the folder where the docker-compose.yaml file is).

To get nice permalinks, one needs to edit swag/nginx/default.conf, change the line:

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html /index.php$is_args$args =404;

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

That should do it.

Run Wordpress using swag

Install docker and docker-compose⌗