newznab-tmux/DOCKER.md

Docker Development Environment

Docker / Sail setup for NNTmux — a Laravel 12 Usenet indexer.

Prerequisites

• Docker & Docker Compose v2+
• A GitHub (scopeless) token for Composer private packages
• Laravel Sail (included as a dev dependency)

Quick Start

# 1. Copy and configure your environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set DB credentials, COMPOSER_AUTH, and uncomment the
# "Docker service hostnames" block at the bottom.

# 2. Build and start
make build
make up

# 3. Install NNTmux (first run only)
make artisan cmd="nntmux:install"

# 4. Build frontend assets
make npm-build

Environment Configuration

When running via Docker, uncomment the Docker service hostnames block at the bottom of .env so the app resolves container names:

DB_HOST=mariadb
REDIS_HOST=redis
MANTICORESEARCH_HOST=manticore
ELASTICSEARCH_HOST=elasticsearch
MAIL_HOST=mailpit
MAIL_PORT=1025

Search Engine Selection

Set COMPOSE_PROFILES in .env to match your SEARCH_DRIVER:

SEARCH_DRIVER	COMPOSE_PROFILES
manticore	manticore
elasticsearch	elasticsearch

Only the selected search service container will start. The other remains dormant and consumes no resources.

Make Targets

Run make or make help to see all targets:

Target	Description
make up	Start all services (detached)
make down	Stop all services
make restart	Restart all services
make build	Build the app image
make rebuild	Build from scratch (no cache)
make pull	Pull latest base images
make update	Pull + rebuild + restart
make fresh	Destroy volumes, rebuild, start clean (DATA LOSS)
make shell	Bash shell in the app container
make root-shell	Root bash shell in the app container
make artisan cmd=	Run any artisan command
make tmux-start	Start the NNTmux tmux processing engine
make tmux-stop	Stop the tmux processing engine
make tmux-attach	Attach to the running tmux session
make horizon	Show Horizon queue status
make test	Run PHPUnit tests (filter=Name optional)
make pint	Pint formatter on dirty files
make npm-build	npm install + npm run build
make npm-dev	Start Vite dev server
make db	MariaDB CLI session
make redis-cli	Redis CLI session
make logs	Tail all container logs
make status	Show container status
make clean	Prune stopped containers / dangling images
make nuke	Remove ALL project containers, images, volumes

You can also use ./sail directly for anything not covered above — unknown commands are passed through to docker compose.

Networking

Sail creates a Docker network called sail with these default port mappings:

Service	Container Port	Host Port (default)
HTTP (nginx)	80	APP_PORT (80)
Vite	5173	VITE_PORT (5173)
MariaDB	3306	FORWARD_DB_PORT (3306)
Redis	6379	FORWARD_REDIS_PORT (6379)
Manticore SQL	9306	9306
Manticore HTTP	9308	9308
Elasticsearch	9200	9200
Mailpit SMTP	1025	FORWARD_MAILPIT_PORT (1025)
Mailpit Web	8025	FORWARD_MAILPIT_DASHBOARD_PORT (8025)

If a port is already in use on your host, change the corresponding FORWARD_* / APP_PORT variable in .env.

Database

On first run MariaDB creates a user/database from your .env:

DB_USERNAME=
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_DATABASE=nntmux

Import an existing SQL dump or run make artisan cmd="nntmux:install" for a fresh installation.

Backups

Add this optional service to docker-compose.yml for automated MariaDB backups:

    backup:
        image: fradelg/mysql-cron-backup
        depends_on:
            - mariadb
        restart: always
        volumes:
            - ./docker/backups:/backup
        environment:
            - MYSQL_USER=${DB_USERNAME}
            - MYSQL_PASS=${DB_PASSWORD}
            - MYSQL_DB=${DB_DATABASE}
            - CRON_TIME=0 3 * * *
            - MYSQL_HOST=mariadb
            - MYSQL_PORT=3306
            - TIMEOUT=10s
            - GZIP_LEVEL=9
            - MAX_BACKUPS=5
            - INIT_BACKUP=0
            - EXIT_BACKUP=1
        networks:
            - sail

Production

For production deployments use docker-compose.yml.prod-dist as a starting point. It includes separate webapp, worker, and scheduler services and uses the root Dockerfile (FrankenPHP-based).

cp docker-compose.yml.prod-dist docker-compose.yml
# Edit .env for production settings
docker compose up -d

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
Permission errors on storage/	make root-shell then chown -R sail:sail storage bootstrap/cache
Port already in use	Change APP_PORT, FORWARD_DB_PORT, etc. in .env
Containers won't start	make logs to inspect, or make rebuild to start fresh
Stale images after upgrade	make update (pulls + rebuilds + restarts)
Need a completely clean slate	make fresh (destroys all volumes!)
supervisorctl not connecting	make root-shell then supervisorctl status to verify socket path