Docker

Production docker
Development docker

Production docker

@tobybatch is managing the Kimai 2 Docker images, both for development and a docker-compose setup suitable for running in a production environment.

https://github.com/tobybatch/kimai2 - his repository with all the docker sources
https://hub.docker.com/r/kimai/kimai2 - dockerhub repo, auto-building prod and dev containers

Any issues with the container rather than the application itself should be raised here.

Development docker

The Dockerfile that comes with Kimai 2 is suitable mainly for development. It runs a self contained version of Kimai 2 using a SQLite database in the docker container. Be careful, the recorded data can easily be lost when running docker updates or other tasks.

Build the docker

docker build -t kimai/kimai2:dev .

Run the docker

docker run -ti -p 8001:8001 --name kimai2 --rm kimai/kimai2:dev

You can then access the site on http://127.0.0.1:8001. If that doesn’t work check the IP of your docker:

docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' kimai2

Mac using docker-machine

When using docker-machine on your Mac, you need to use the IP of your machine. Considering you started the machine named default, you find the IP with:

docker-machine ip default

Running commands in the docker

You can run any command in the container in this fashion once it is started. Add -ti to attach a terminal.

docker exec -ti kimai2 bash

Create a user and dummy data

This creates a user admin/admin with all privileges.

docker exec kimai2 /opt/kimai/bin/console kimai:create-user admin admin@example.com ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN password

To install the test data (fixtures):

docker exec kimai2 /opt/kimai/bin/console kimai:reset-dev

Using a custom local.yaml

You can mount a custom configuration into the container while starting it:

docker run --rm -ti -p 8001:8001 --name kimai2 -v $(pwd)/config/packages/local.yaml:/opt/kimai/config/packages/local.yaml kimai/kimai2:dev

Developing against the docker

It is possible to mount your source tree and sqlite DB into the container at run time.
N.B. The sqlite database needs to writable by the www-data user. Use chown 33:33 kimai.sqlite on the host machine.

docker run --rm -d -p 8001:8001 \
    -v $(pwd)/src:/opt/kimai/src \
    -v $(pwd)/var/data/kimai.sqlite:/opt/kimai/var/data/kimai.sqlite \
    --name kimai2 kimai/kimai2:dev

Now edits in your local files will be served by the container and all database changes will persist.

The official docker documentation has more options on running the container.