Multiple dependent ? Dockerfiles building a LAMP container - docker

Question

I'm trying to build a LAMP container and I have already built several containers: httpd 2.4.23, redis 3.0.7, mysql 5.6.30 by compiling them myself from source code downloaded archives. I have based all of these above on the debian container.
Now that I'm doing the php 5.6.20 container it complains that it does not know about apache and mysql.
Here is the Dockerfile for the php container:
FROM debian
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential;
RUN apt-get install -y cmake;
RUN apt-get install -y libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libbz2-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libgd2-xpm-dev php5-imap libz-dev
WORKDIR /usr/bin/
COPY php-5.6.20.tar.gz /usr/bin/
RUN gzip -d php-5.6.20.tar.gz
RUN tar -xvf php-5.6.20.tar
RUN ln -s php-5.6.20 php
WORKDIR /usr/bin/php/
RUN ./configure \
--prefix=/usr/bin/ \
--with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apache/bin/apxs \
--with-config-file-path=/usr/bin/php-5.6.20/ \
--enable-libgcc \
--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql/mysql_config \
--with-zlib-dir=/usr \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
--with-png-dir=/usr \
--with-gd \
--enable-gd-native-ttf \
--with-freetype-dir=/usr \
--enable-ftp \
--enable-xml \
--enable-zip \
--with-bz2 \
--enable-wddx \
--without-pear \
--enable-mbstring \
--with-curl
RUN make
RUN make install
I wonder if I should base it instead on: FROM httpd:2.4.23. But then I would need to base httpd on the mysql one, and / or on the redis one... I don't really like that setup.
I have also installed Docker Compose but I wonder if it could be helpful in my situation.
UPDATE: Here is the fully working Dockerfile
FROM debian
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential;
RUN apt-get install -y cmake;
RUN apt-get install -y openssl libssl-dev;
RUN apt-get install -y libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
WORKDIR /usr/bin/
COPY httpd-2.4.23.tar.gz /usr/bin/
RUN gzip -d httpd-2.4.23.tar.gz
RUN tar -xvf httpd-2.4.23.tar
RUN ln -s httpd-2.4.23 httpd
COPY apr-1.5.2.tar.gz /usr/bin/httpd/srclib/
COPY apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz /usr/bin/httpd/srclib/
WORKDIR /usr/bin/httpd/srclib/
RUN gzip -d apr-1.5.2.tar.gz
RUN gzip -d apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz
RUN tar -xvf apr-1.5.2.tar
RUN tar -xvf apr-util-1.5.4.tar
RUN ln -s apr-1.5.2 apr;
RUN ln -s apr-util-1.5.4 apr-util
WORKDIR /usr/bin/httpd/
RUN ./configure \
--prefix=/usr/bin/apache \
--enable-rewrite \
--enable-deflate \
--enable-ssl
RUN make
RUN make install
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y libncurses-dev
COPY mysql-5.6.30.tar.gz /usr/bin/
WORKDIR /usr/bin/
RUN gzip -d mysql-5.6.30.tar.gz
RUN tar -xvf mysql-5.6.30.tar
RUN ln -s mysql-5.6.30 mysql
WORKDIR /usr/bin/mysql/
RUN mkdir install; mkdir install/data; mkdir install/var; mkdir install/etc; mkdir install/tmp
RUN cd /usr/bin/mysql/; cmake \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/bin/mysql/install \
-DWITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE=1 \
-DMYSQL_DATADIR=/usr/bin/mysql/install/data \
-DDOWNLOAD_BOOST=1 \
-DWITH_BOOST=/usr/bin/mysql/install/boost \
-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/usr/bin/mysql/install/tmp/mysql.sock
RUN make
RUN make install
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libbz2-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libgd2-xpm-dev php5-imap libz-dev
WORKDIR /usr/bin/
COPY php-5.6.20.tar.gz /usr/bin/
RUN gzip -d php-5.6.20.tar.gz
RUN tar -xvf php-5.6.20.tar
RUN ln -s php-5.6.20 php
WORKDIR /usr/bin/php/
RUN ./configure \
--prefix=/usr/bin/php \
--with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apache/bin/apxs \
--with-config-file-path=/usr/bin/php-5.6.20/ \
--enable-libgcc \
--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql/install/bin/mysql_config \
--with-zlib-dir=/usr \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
--with-png-dir=/usr \
--with-gd \
--enable-gd-native-ttf \
--with-freetype-dir=/usr \
--enable-ftp \
--enable-xml \
--enable-zip \
--with-bz2 \
--enable-wddx \
--without-pear \
--enable-mbstring \
--with-openssl
--with-curl
RUN make
RUN make install
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/apache/bin/apachectl", "start", "-D FOREGROUND"]
EXPOSE 80
# Build the container: docker build -t stephaneeybert/httpd:2.4.23 .
# Run the container: docker run -d -p 127.0.0.1:80:80 --name httpd stephaneeybert/httpd:2.4.23
# Check that the port is open: nmap -p 8081 localhost

Answer 1

If you need apache running in your container, you can install apache in your image with above Dockerfile, just as the same as you install the build-essential stuffs. Which means:
RUN apt-get install -y apache2
or similar command. If you also need the configure for this apache application, you can use ADD or COPY command to add your configure file from outside to inside of your container. More details can be found here.
If you need apache as an independent container, you can use docker-compse to achieve it. Start apache in another container, then use depends_on to config the dependency between your containers. You may use ports to change the port number of each container, so they can communicate between each other.