Developer mode
Developer mode supports an active development environment with full, writable filesystem permissions. This option builds the Docker environment in developer mode and verifies configured service versions. On macOS and Windows systems, performance is slower in developer mode because of additional file synchronization operations. However, you can improve performance by using either mutagen
or docker-sync
file synchronization tools when you generate the docker-compose.yml
configuration file. See Synchronizing data in Docker.
The ece-tools
version 2002.0.18 and later supports developer mode.
Large files (>1 GB) can cause a period of inactivity. DB dumps and archive files—ZIP, SQL, GZ, and BZ2—are not necessary to sync. You can find exclusions to these file types in the docker-sync.yml
and mutagen.sh
files.
See Configure Docker for additional information about Docker prerequisites and using the Magento Cloud Docker environment.
To launch the Docker environment in developer mode:
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Download a Magento application template from the Magento Cloud repository. Be careful to select the branch that corresponds with the Magento version.
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Add your Magento access credentials to the
auth.json
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Install the template dependencies, and add the default hostname to your
/etc/hosts
file.1
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magento/magento-cloud-docker/1.1.0/bin/init-docker.sh | bash
If required, you can add options to the
init-docker.sh
initialization script to customize your Docker environment. Run the following command to see the available options:1
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magento/magento-cloud-docker/1.1.0/bin/init-docker.sh | bash -s -- --help
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On macOS or Windows hosts, install the selected file synchronization tool:
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In your local environment, generate the Docker Compose configuration file. You can use the service keys, such as
--php
, to specify a version.1
./vendor/bin/ece-docker build:compose --mode="developer"
If required, set the option for synchronizing data in Docker. For example:
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./vendor/bin/ece-docker build:compose --mode="developer" --sync-engine="mutagen"
You can further customize the Docker Compose configuration file by adding additional options to the
build:compose
command. For example, you can set the software version for a service, or add Xdebug configuration. See [service keys][]. -
Optional: If you have a custom PHP configuration file, copy the default configuration DIST file to your custom configuration file and make any necessary changes.
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cp .docker/config.php.dist .docker/config.php
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If you selected
docker-sync
for file synchronization, start the file synchronization.For the
docker-sync
tool:1
docker-sync start
If this is the first installation, expect to wait a few minutes for file synchronization.
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Build files to containers and run in the background.
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docker-compose up -d
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If you selected
mutagen
for file synchronization, start the file synchronization.1
bash ./mutagen.sh
If you host your Docker environment on Windows and the session start fails, update the
mutagen.sh
file to change the value for the--symlink-mode
option toportable
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Install Magento in your Docker environment.
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Deploy Magento in the Docker container.
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docker-compose run --rm deploy cloud-deploy
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docker-compose run --rm deploy magento-command deploy:mode:set developer
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Run post-deploy hooks.
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docker-compose run --rm deploy cloud-post-deploy
Developer mode does not require the
build
operation.
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Configure and connect Varnish.
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docker-compose run --rm deploy magento-command config:set system/full_page_cache/caching_application 2 --lock-env
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docker-compose run --rm deploy magento-command setup:config:set --http-cache-hosts=varnish
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Clear the cache.
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docker-compose run --rm deploy magento-command cache:clean
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Access the local Magento Cloud template by opening one of the following URLs in a browser:
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http://magento2.docker
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https://magento2.docker
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