My wordpress setup

I currently have wordpress running in docker, which I’ve been told is self-updating (dubious, but maybe). And then am using nginx to reverse proxy it.

This is my docker-compose.yaml for anyone interested:

services:

  wordpress:
    image: wordpress
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8083:80
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordie
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: NotMyRealPassword
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
    volumes:
      - wordpress:/var/www/html

  db:
    image: mysql:8.0
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordie
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: NotMyRealPassword
      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: '1'
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
  wordpress:
  db:

And here is the relevant part of my nginx configuration:

server {
    if ($host = localhost:8080/) {
	return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }

    server_name localhost:8080/;
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    return 404;
}
server {
    server_name localhost:8080/;
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/livelocalhost:8080/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/livelocalhost:8080/privkey.pem;
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;

    location / {
	proxy_set_header Host $host;
	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8083;
	proxy_redirect off;
    }
}

Truth be told, some of those headers might not be needed. I just copied them from some other subdomains.

The more important thing to do is change your wordpress settings in Settings>General to point to the right domain. I wasted a few minutes figuring that out.

Anyway, good luck and have fun!