Create Docker Image from Laravel Sails for deploying on a VPS

.dockerignore

node_modules
vendor
public/build
.git
.env
docker-compose.yml

Dockerfile

# Stage 1: PHP dependencies (Composer)
FROM composer:2.7 AS vendor_builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY composer.json composer.lock ./
RUN composer install --no-dev --no-scripts --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction --no-progress

# Stage 2: Frontend assets (Vite)
FROM node:20-alpine AS asset_builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package.json package-lock.json vite.config.js tailwind.config.js postcss.config.js ./
COPY resources/ ./resources/
RUN npm ci && npm run build

# Stage 3: Final production image
FROM dunglas/frankenphp:1.3-php8.3-alpine
WORKDIR /app

# Install required PHP extensions for Laravel and MySQL
RUN install-php-extensions \
    pdo_mysql \
    gd \
    intl \
    zip \
    opcache

# Copy source code
COPY . .

# Overlay build artifacts from previous stages
COPY --from=vendor_builder /app/vendor ./vendor
COPY --from=asset_builder /app/public/build ./public/build

# Runtime defaults for production deployments
ENV APP_ENV=production \
    APP_DEBUG=false \
    LOG_CHANNEL=stderr \
    SERVER_NAME=:80

# Ensure full Laravel storage structure exists and is writable
RUN mkdir -p \
    storage/framework/cache/data \
    storage/framework/sessions \
    storage/framework/views \
    storage/logs \
    bootstrap/cache \
    && chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache

EXPOSE 80