Sharing volumes in networked docker containers with docker composer fails - docker

Question

I have two docker-compose.yml files
THe first one is a global one and am using it to configure nginx webserver and the other one am using it for holding the application code and below are their configurations
First one with nginx configuration
version: '3'
services:
app:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
image: globaldocker
container_name: app
restart: unless-stopped
tty: true
working_dir: /var/www
volumes:
- ./:/var/www
- ./dockerconfig/php/local.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/local.ini
networks:
- common_network
webserver:
image: nginx
container_name: webserver
restart: unless-stopped
tty: true
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- ./:/var/www
- ./dockerconfig/nginx/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
networks:
- webserver_network
- common_network
networks:
common_network:
external: false
webserver_network:
external: false
The above creates two networks
global_docker_common_network, global_docker_webserver_network
On the docker config folder there is a nginx configuration like
server {
listen 80;
server_name pos.test www.pos.test;
index index.php index.html;
//other nginx configurations for pos.test
}
ON THE docker-compose configuration with php file
Now the one one holding the source code for pos.test i have the following configuration
app:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
image: posapp/php
container_name: envanto_pos
restart: unless-stopped
tty: true
working_dir: /var/www/pos
volumes:
- ./:/var/www/pos
- ./dockerconfig/nginx/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
networks:
- globaldocker_webserver_network
networks:
globaldocker_webserver_network:
external: true
Which i have added the external network
When i try accessing nginx pos.test it doesnt display the application but only shows the default nginx page
I have tried accessing the first docker nginx configuration bash and checked on the var/www/pos folder but i cant see the files from the second docker config(source code).
How do i share volumes with my nginx docker configuration container so that when i access docker via exposed port 80 am able to access my site pos.test
What am i missing out on this to make this work?
UPDATE
The two docker configuration files are located on different folders on my host machine
UPDATE ON THE QUESTION
This is my nginx config file
server {
listen 80;
server_name pos.test www.pos.test;
index index.php index.html;
error_log /var/log/nginx/pos_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/pos_access.log;
root /var/www/pos/web;
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass app:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
gzip_static on;
}
}

Answer 1

you are mounting the current directory of docker-compose file each. So the only that container will have the source code which resides in the same source code directory.
You need some common directory
First File
volumes:
- /path_to_sc/common:/var/www
Second File
volumes:
- /path_to_sc/common:/var/www/pos
When I try accessing Nginx pos.test it doesn't display the application
but only shows the default Nginx page
Probably you first File not picking correct configuration. Double-check ./dockerconfig/nginx/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/ or run the command inside docker to verify the correct configuration file.
docker exec nginx bash -c "cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/filename.conf`
I have tried accessing the first docker nginx configuration bash and
checked on the var/www/pos folder but i cant see the files from the
second docker config(source code).
Mount the common directory so that can accessible for both containers.
update:
From your comment, it seems like there is a syntax error in your docker-compose file. Take a look into this example
web:
image: nginx
volumes:
- ./data:/var/www/html/
ports:
- 80:80
command: [nginx-debug, '-g', 'daemon off;']
web2:
image: nginx
volumes:
- ./data:/var/www/html
command: [nginx-debug, '-g', 'daemon off;']