Docker Compose for Symfony + RabbitMQ
Symfony is a mature PHP framework built for performance and reliability. Its component architecture powers many major projects including Drupal and Shopware, making it a common choice for APIs, e-commerce platforms, and complex business applications.
This configuration has no database service. Add one with the generator above if your application needs to persist data — or keep it out if you're only prototyping stateless logic or a static/API-less layer.
RabbitMQ is a reliable AMQP message broker for decoupling services and handling async workloads. Symfony Messenger and Laravel Queues both support RabbitMQ natively via the AMQP transport.
When should you use this stack?
Symfony and RabbitMQ is a solid default for local development when your production environment matches it. If you're evaluating alternatives, the related configurations below swap one piece at a time — same framework with a different database, or the same data layer under a different framework — so you can compare without starting from scratch.
docker compose up -d
http://localhost:8080
compose.yml
services:
nginx:
image: nginx:latest
ports:
- "${WEB_PORT-8080}:80"
volumes:
- .:/var/www/html
- ./docker/nginx/default.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
depends_on:
- php
php:
image: php:8.5-fpm
volumes:
- .:/var/www/html
rabbitmq:
image: rabbitmq:3-management
environment:
RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: ${RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER-app}
RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: ${RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS-secret}
ports:
- "${RABBITMQ_PORT-5672}:5672"
- "${RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_PORT-15672}:15672"
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "rabbitmq-diagnostics", "check_port_connectivity"]
interval: 10s
timeout: 5s
retries: 5
docker/nginx/default.conf
Run mkdir -p docker/nginx first
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
root /var/www/html/public;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass php:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
.env.example
Optional — Compose uses ${VAR-default} fallbacks
WEB_PORT=8080 RABBITMQ_PORT=5672 RABBITMQ_MANAGEMENT_PORT=15672 RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=app RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=secret