Mentor LMS Docker Setup

Quick Start

1. Build the Application

docker build -t mentor-lms .

2. Setup Options

Option A: With Docker MySQL (Recommended)

# Create network
docker network create mentor-network

# Run MySQL container
docker run -d --name mysql --network mentor-network \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpassword \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=mentor_lms \
  -e MYSQL_USER=mentor_user \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=your_password \
  -p 3306:3306 mysql:8.0

# Run application
docker run -d --name mentor-lms-app --network mentor-network -p 8080:80 mentor-lms

Database Configuration:

Host: mysql
Port: 3306
Database: mentor_lms
Username: mentor_user
Password: your_password

Option B: With External MySQL

docker run -d -p 8080:80 --name mentor-lms-app mentor-lms

3. Access Application

Open your browser: http://localhost:8080

Management Commands

# View containers
docker ps -a

# View logs
docker logs mentor-lms-app

# Access container shell
docker exec -it mentor-lms-app bash

# Stop and remove
docker stop mentor-lms-app && docker rm mentor-lms-app

# Restart services
docker restart mentor-lms-app mysql

Docker SMTP issue (Most Common issue for some vps providers)

VPS providers block outbound SMTP ports (25, 465, 587) by default to prevent spam Common on: DigitalOcean, AWS EC2, Linode, Vultr, Hetzner, etc.

Contact VPS provider to unblock the port or use differnt port

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