Snipe It Docker-Compose deployment

Snipe IT is a lovely Free Open Source (FOSS) project built on Laravel 5.7. Snipe It easily allows you manage your It parc with a powerful api.

Let’s take a look about the docker-compose yml file.

version: '3.7'
services:
  snipe:
    image: snipe/snipe-it:latest
    ports:
      - 8000:80
    env_file: ./snipe/env-file
    volumes:
      - './data:/var/lib/snipeit'
    links:
      - snipedb:snipedb
      - redis
  snipedb:
    image: mysql:5.6
    env_file: ./snipe/.env

Nb : we used a mysql:5.6 but for the latest version of snipe it you can also use maria db.

Env-file contain all the parameters you need to configure the DB and your snipe It option you will find below an example:

Env File Parameters

 #Mysql Parameters
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD = awesomepassword
 MYSQL_DATABASE = snipe
 MYSQL_USER = snipeit
 MYSQL_PASSWORD = awesomepassword

 # Email Parameters
 # - the hostname/IP address of your mailserver
 MAIL_PORT_587_TCP_ADDR=smtp server 
 #the port for the mailserver (probably 587, could be another)
 MAIL_PORT_587_TCP_PORT=587
 # the default from address, and from name for emails
 MAIL_ENV_FROM_ADDR=yourmail@domain.com
 MAIL_ENV_FROM_NAME= Snipe Alerting
 # - pick 'tls' for SMTP-over-SSL, 'tcp' for unencrypted
 MAIL_ENV_ENCRYPTION=tls
 # SMTP username and password
 MAIL_ENV_USERNAME=your mail login
 MAIL_ENV_PASSWORD= your mail password


 # Snipe-IT Settings
 APP_ENV=production
 APP_DEBUG=false
 APP_KEY=base64:
 APP_URL=url of your snipe it 
 APP_TIMEZONE=Europe/Paris
 APP_LOCALE=en
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
 DB_HOST=snipedb
 DB_DATABASE=snipe
 DB_USERNAME=snipeit
 DB_PASSWORD=awesomepassword
 DB_PORT=3306