Running Plone Docker image on Windows

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@Adomy you might find it easier and faster to run Plone on Windows via the Plone Docker image.

Once you install Docker Desktop for Windows (do not check the box that offers to assume using Windows containers):

docker run -p 8080:8080 plone

Then browse to http://localhost:8080

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You can add add-ons too. See

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Thanks Kim!
This is for all the information about Docker Desktop.
I will explore this area completely new to me.
Thanks again.

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This is what I did to get the Plone Docker image working on a new PC:

  • Install Docker Desktop
  • Make sure not to check the box "Use Windows containers"
  • Make sure to allow the installer to enable Hyper-V
  • Open a CMD or PowerShell window
  • Type: docker run -p 8080:8080 plone fg
  • Wait a minute, then when things stop scrolling by, browse to http://localhost:8080

This is great for trying Plone, and even adding add-ons, and you can essentially ssh into the running Docker image and mess with buildout directly.

It is not how you should deploy for production, however, though others here have more experience deploying Plone via Docker containers.

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Thanks Kim,
Seen like this it is not the installation that should be a problem.
This is the daily use of Docker in the presence of other software due to incompatibility.
By the way, can you please give me directions, on deploying Plone via Docker containers?
Thanks in advance.

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What I suggested Plone in Docker for was to:

  • try Plone locally if you have only a Windows machine available
  • try Plone add-ons locally
  • changing your buildout.cfg to try local development

What is the incompatibility you mention?

I don't know how to use the Plone Docker for deployment.

Most Plone deployment is done on Linux or Unix machines. In the past there were Windows Server deployments of Plone but very, very few Plone developers and integrators use Windows.

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Does Docker Desktop runs on Windows 10 Home?

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System Requirements

  • Windows 10 64-bit: Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Build 15063 or later).
  • Hyper-V and Containers Windows features must be enabled.
  • The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run Client Hyper-V on Windows 10:
    • 64 bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
    • 4GB system RAM
    • BIOS-level hardware virtualization support must be enabled in the BIOS settings. For more information, see Virtualization.

README for Docker Toolbox and Docker Machine users: Microsoft Hyper-V is required to run Docker Desktop. The Docker Desktop Windows installer enables Hyper-V if required, and restarts your machine. When Hyper-V is enabled, VirtualBox no longer works. However, any existing VirtualBox VM images are retained.

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Is there a way to 'get access' to the var folder?
(in other words: to copy Data.fs and blobs from another plone to docker)

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is there a way to 'get access' to the var folder?

I did not manage to ssh into the container - that said - I never used docker before.

~/Tests/plone 
❯ sudo docker inspect -f "{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}" ppp
172.17.0.2

~/Tests/plone 
❯ ssh 172.17.0.2
ssh: connect to host 172.17.0.2 port 22: Connection refused
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This explains how to get a shell into the running Docker image (sorry, I shouldn't have said ssh before):

https://docs.plone.org/manage/docker/docs/usage/debug_mode.html#debugging-with-pdp

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For my wordpress docker images I map the themes and plugins folders (which I find better).
In the docker.compose.yml I specify and map folders with

volumes:

But I could not find any docs saying similar 'things' are possible with Plone

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I have only started using this so maybe it’s mentioned in the repo docs or in https://docs.plone.org/manage/docker/docs/index.html (the Docker image is covered)

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A quick -- not complete or detailed -- recipe would be to start docker with:

docker run -v "$(pwd)/data":/data -p 8080:8080 plone

Important points here:

  • This starts a Plone instance and export the container port 8080 to the host (http://localhost:8080)
  • You need to create the local ./data folder before -- add filestorage, blobstorage and logs subfolders
  • Move your Data.fs* and blobstorage inside ./data
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Thanks.
That worked

PS: I never got the mapping in docker-compose to work ( https://docs.plone.org/manage/docker/docs/data/index.html )

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I have one working example:

version: '3'
services:
  haproxy:
    image: eeacms/haproxy
    ports:
    - 8080:5000
    - 1936:1936
    depends_on:
    - plone
    environment:
      STATS_AUTH: "admin:not_really"
      BACKENDS: "plone"
      BACKENDS_PORT: "8080"
      DNS_ENABLED: "True"
      HTTPCHK: "GET /"
  plone:
    image: plone
    ports:
      - "8090:8080"
    depends_on:
    - zeo
    environment:
    - ZEO_ADDRESS=zeo:8080

  zeo:
    image: plone
    command: zeo
    volumes:
    - ./data:/data

Look I do not have the named volumes at the end of the file.

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Do you mean that you do not specify volumes 'as a separate entry' ?

I tried this on OS X (no windows at work) and that did not work (it starts and runs, but the folder is not where Data.fs is present)

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Double check if you do not have containers already created with those names. I remember getting a message of "reusing existing volume".

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Maybe you should make a PR for the docs @ericof ?

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This is high on my todo list :sweat_smile: