
Magento 2 Development Environment with Docker
Spinning up Magento should take minutes.
Every new Magento environment somehow needs its own round of tutorials, Docker configuration, and trial and error, even though you have set one up before.
Magento's own stack -- PHP, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, Varnish -- has to agree on versions and talk to each other correctly before a single page loads, and one mismatched service config is enough to send you back to searching.
This course builds one Docker-based Magento environment your whole team can reuse.
You configure each service in order, wire them together with Docker Compose, and end with a Magento install that starts with one command and matches on every machine.
This is Foundation, step 2. Next is Magento 2 Coding Jumpstart, Foundation step 3, once your environment stops being the thing standing between you and writing code. It is already in your Library account, no credit card needed.
You leave with an environment that starts the same way every time, on any machine.
No credit card needed.
Meet the instructor
Mark Shust has over 25 years of real-life development experience and holds 6 Adobe Commerce certifications. He has helped tens of thousands of developers all over the world learn and improve their Magento skills through courses, lessons and tutorials.
Mark's passion is taking complex topics and simplifying them down into easy-to-understand concepts. He enjoys teaching others, and strives getting you to that "ah ha!" moment as quickly as possible.

I’m a happy user of this Docker development for over a year now, replacing my own Docker development environment.
I very much recommend it for Magento!
Foundational excellence
Step-by-step
This course breaks down Magento's complexities into easy-to-understand lessons that teach you exactly what you need to know, when you need to know it.
- Simplified Docker setup for Magento
- Whether you're new to Docker or have some experience, we'll guide you through setting up a streamlined Magento environment that works across all team members.
- Docker basics and architecture
- Understand the fundamentals of Docker and how it applies to Magento development. We'll demystify containers, images, and Docker Compose for seamless Magento setups.
- Magento-specific Docker configuration
- Learn how to configure Docker specifically for Magento, including setting up services like PHP, MySQL, and Nginx to work harmoniously in a containerized environment.
- Development workflow optimization
- Discover how to use Docker to streamline your development process, from quick setups to efficient debugging and testing workflows.
- Custom configurations and extensions
- Get comfortable customizing your Docker environment for Magento, including adding PHP extensions, modifying server configs, and adapting to project-specific needs.
- Version control and team collaboration
- Learn best practices for using Docker with version control systems and how to ensure consistent environments across your entire development team.
No credit card needed.
docker-magento has really saved us SO much time.
Your videos are literally better than the docs. Thanks!
Prerequisites
Familiarity with command-line interface
Basic knowledge of web servers
Operating system: macOS or Linux
IDE or code editor such as PhpStorm
Everything to succeed
Magento 2.3, 2.4+ support
Commerce 2.3, 2.4+ support
- 33 step-by-step lessons
- 1h 59m of on-demand video
- Full source code
- Enhanced lesson transcripts
- Tech-friendly closed captions
- Multi-language support
What you'll learn
Each video lesson can be played back & referenced as many times as you wish at slow or fast speed.
Perfect AI-enhanced tech-friendly closed captions available in 9 languages:
🇺🇸 ENEnglish🇪🇸 🇲🇽 ESSpanish🇵🇹 PTPortuguese🇫🇷 FRFrench🇩🇪 DEGerman🇵🇱 PLPolish🇮🇹 ITItalian🇺🇦 UAUkrainian🇷🇸 SRSerbian
The curriculum was expertly curated using our proprietary linear learning methodology. This ensures concepts are taught in the correct order, so you never feel lost or overwhelmed.
No credit card needed.
I've convinced my team at work to use your Docker environment for local development. Other colleagues are also enlisting in your courses. Thank you very much!
Who should take this course?
Foundation, step 2
You are here: Magento 2 Dev Env with Docker. When you finish, the next course on the path is below. It's in your Library account already.

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