Running virtual hosts in apache docker container

Here is a solution -- Step by Step:

Step 1:

Add/Update extra_hosts, hostname, domainname and in docker-compose.yml and in my case I'm running it over PORT 80.

This is how my php service looks like in docker-compose.yml file.

php:   build: .   image: php:7.2-apache   working_dir: /var/www/html   volumes:     - ./:/var/www/html     - ./php.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini   extra_hosts:     - "lara.local:127.0.0.1"   hostname: lara.local   domainname: local    ports:     - 80:80     environment:     - "DB_PORT=3306"     - "DB_HOST=database"

Step 2:
Update your hosts file with following line:

127.0.0.1 lara.local

Step 3: Test our hostname by running this command

docker exec -it <your-php-container-name> hostname

If you see output lara.local then you are good to go!

Step 4: Rebuild app

docker-compose build

Step 5: Start the services and check the app is running at http://lara.local

docker-compose up -d

Note: If you are using a different port for example 8080 then it would be http://lara.local:8080

PS. If you want to change the DocumentRoot then ssh to your container and cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf and change DocumentRoot path as per your needs.

Thanks to @David Maze I found the problem I added the listen directives to the top of my apache configuration and changed the port numbers.

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.2'services:  php-apache:    build:      context: ./apache-php    ports:      - 80:80      - 8060:8060    volumes:      - ./DocumentRoot:/var/www/html:z

Apache config

Listen 80Listen 8060<VirtualHost *:8060>    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/api    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined</VirtualHost><VirtualHost *:80>    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost    DocumentRoot /var/www/html    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined</VirtualHost>

Directory structure

apache-php   ¬ sqlite3_ext   ¬ 000-default.conf (Apache config)   ¬ Dockerfile   ¬ php.inidocker-compose.yml

Dockerfile

FROM php:7.2.1-apacheRUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql mysqli# Enable apache rewriteCOPY 000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf#Install spatialite and create symlink for libproj.so.0COPY sqlite3_ext /etc/sqlite3_extRUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install gdal-binRUN ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproj.so.12 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproj.so.0#Install gd library for imagesRUN apt-get install libpng-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev -qy \    && apt-get clean \    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype-dir=/usr/include/ --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/include/ \    && docker-php-ext-install gd#Copy php iniCOPY php.ini /usr/local/etc/php/php.iniRUN a2enmod rewrite