Laravel Docker Nginx APP_URL not changing

Docker Engine Compose
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Hello everyone. I’m new to Docker. I have a problem with the configuration of a Laravel project with Docker.
I would like to change the url that is displayed in the browser. But I can’t.
I’ve modified the APP_URL entry in the Laravel .env file, but the Nginx server doesn’t apply the modification.

My question is, how do I apply the change?

here are my configurations:

******************************************* start

************ compose.yaml

services:
    nginx:
        build:
            context:    .
            dockerfile: nginx.dockerfile
        container_name: nginx
        depends_on:
            -   php
            -   mysql
        ports:
            -   80:80
            -   443:443
        volumes:
            -   ./src:/var/www/html
        networks:
            -   laravel
    php:
        build:
            context:    .
            dockerfile: php.dockerfile
        container_name: php
        volumes:
            -   ./src:/var/www/html
        networks:
            -   laravel
    mysql:
        image:  mysql:9.1.0
        container_name: mysql
        ports:
            -   3306:3306
        environment:
            MYSQL_DATABASE: laraveldb
            MYSQL_USER: laravel
            MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:    secret
        volumes:
            -   ./mysql:/var/lib/mysql
        networks:
            -   laravel
    composer:
        image: composer:latest
        volumes:
            -   ./src:/var/www/html
        working_dir:    /var/www/html
        networks:
            -   laravel

networks:
    laravel:
        name:   laravel

*************** default.conf (nginx):

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name localhost;
    root /var/www/html/public;
 
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
 
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
 
    charset utf-8;
 
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }
 
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
 
    error_page 404 /index.php;
 
    location ~ ^/index\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass php:9000;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_hide_header X-Powered-By;
    }
 
    location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
        deny all;
    }
}

****************** nginx.dockerfile:

FROM nginx:stable-alpine

ADD ./nginx/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html

****************** php.dockerfile:

FROM php:8.2.27-fpm-alpine

RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html

RUN apk --no-cache add shadow && usermod -u 1000 www-data

RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql

*************** .env:

APP_NAME="My php website"

APP_ENV=local

APP_KEY=base64:N2vUzwN/DT2/P5zwX9/wiEzaYNtCGyURU7UX24oavcE=

APP_DEBUG=true

APP_TIMEZONE=Europe/Paris

APP_URL=http://mponanwess.test

********************************************** end
Thanks for your help

2

It seems this is a nginx or laravel configuration question, has nothing to do with Docker.

I personally like to use nginx-proxy with companion on single Docker host, to automatically configure nginx via env vars.

3

Yes, I think my problem is with nginx. But I don’t understand why use nginx-proxy.

Thanks for your answer

4

Fixed your post, please next time follow our formatting guide: How to format your forum posts

Regarding your issue, the dot env file is for making variables available in the compose file, not in the container. You need to pass the variables to the container.

Since you used env vars for the mysql container, I wonder what you expected here for the other container. Should the dot env file be handled by the laravel app directly? Because if it is the case, you need to mount fhe file into the container. If you did, and it is in the right folder, then it is really a Laravel issue for which you need the Laravel community.