Entries with the tag “docker”

These entries are tagged with the “docker” tag. They will cover topics like Docker, Docker Engine, Docker Machine and Docker Compose.

PHPStorm Docker Not Starting Fix

May 31, 2025 docker phpstorm

Recently, I had an issue with PHPStorm not detecting my Docker configuration. I was using Docker Compose and everything worked fine with docker cli and Orbstack. Why wouldn’t PHPStorm recognize this? It’s a simple fix, actually. It has to do with the name of your project. Let me explain.

Fix for Mysql Docker Not Running Entrypoint

Apr 3, 2024 docker mysql

When using the Docker MySQL Container, you can specify files in the /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d folder to be imported or ran when the container is brought up. These can be in the form of .sql, .sql.gz or .sh - and get ran after the database is up but before its accepting connections.

But what if you can’t seem to get these to run again? The fix is just so annoyingly simple.

Run NPM in Docker

Dec 30, 2019 docker javascript nodejs

For the most part, I’ve containerized all of my dependencies inside of my Laravel projects. But, one thing was missing: npm.