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Although there is already an Official Version of GLPI (https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi) on Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/r/glpi/glpi), I believe it is possible to use other more performant Docker Images in a docker-compose.yml and just map the source code inside these containers.
- The docker-compose.yml file is very simple. Take a look.
- If NGINX or MariaDB receives an update, it will not be necessary to rebuild the glpi-fpm image.
- If PHP or GLPI itself receives an update, it will be necessary to create a new glpi-fpm image to reflect the updates. This procedure is performed daily by the workflow.
- The jarbelix/glpi-fpm image size is SMALLER than glpi/glpi and the jarbelix/glpi-fpm image supports both amd64 and arm64 architectures, while the glpi/glpi image only supports amd64.
- Why PHP-FPM with Nginx ?
- Understanding PHP-FPM - https://dev.to/arsalanmee/understanding-php-fpm-a-comprehensive-guide-3ng8
- Demystifying Nginx and PHP-FPM - https://medium.com/@mgonzalezbaile/demystifying-nginx-and-php-fpm-for-php-developers-bba548dd38f9
- How to Configure PHP-FPM with NGINX - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/php-fpm-nginx
- And yes, I chose Nginx because it's more performant than Apache.
- Just do a
docker compose pullwithin the directory where docker-compose.yml is located to download the new versions and then adocker compose up -dand the new versions will already be in use.
git clone https://github.com/Tiozao-do-Linux/glpi-nginx.git cd glpi-nginx cp env.example .env docker compose up -d; docker compose logs -fdocker compose ps NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS glpi-nginx-database-1 mariadb:latest "docker-entrypoint.s…" database 3 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 3306/tcp glpi-nginx-glpi-fpm-1 jarbelix/glpi-fpm "/entrypoint.sh php-…" glpi-fpm 3 seconds ago Up 1 second 9000/tcp glpi-nginx-nginx-1 nginx:latest "/docker-entrypoint.…" nginx 3 seconds ago Up 1 second 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, [::]:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, [::]:443->443/tcpdocker images | grep -E '(REPOSITORY|glpi-fpm|mariadb|nginx)' REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE jarbelix/glpi-fpm latest 60131ae3c08d 5 seconds ago 717MB nginx latest 07ccdb783875 11 days ago 152MB mariadb latest dfbea441e6fc 2 months ago 330MBdocker volume ls | grep _glpidocker exec -it glpi-nginx-glpi-fpm-1 bashdocker compose logs glpi-fpm -f --tail 50 glpi-fpm-1 | ____________________________________________________________________________ glpi-fpm-1 | /\ \ glpi-fpm-1 | \_| PHP-FPM - https://github.com/Tiozao-do-Linux/glpi-nginx | glpi-fpm-1 | | | glpi-fpm-1 | | with files /etc/php-fpm.conf and /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf | glpi-fpm-1 | | _______________________________________________________________________|_ glpi-fpm-1 | \_/_________________________________________________________________________/ glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | Show PHP Version glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | PHP 8.5.0 (cli) (built: Nov 18 2025 08:02:20) (NTS gcc x86_64) glpi-fpm-1 | Copyright (c) The PHP Group glpi-fpm-1 | Built by Remi's RPM repository <https://rpms.remirepo.net/> #StandWithUkraine glpi-fpm-1 | Zend Engine v4.5.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies glpi-fpm-1 | with Zend OPcache v8.5.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | PHP-FPM Configuration Test glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | [07-Dec-2025 16:24:57] NOTICE: configuration file /etc/php-fpm.conf test is successful glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | PHP Loaded Modules glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | [PHP Modules] apcu bcmath bz2 calendar Core ctype curl date dom exif fileinfo filter ftp gd gettext hash iconv intl json ldap libxml mbstring mysqli mysqlnd openssl pcntl pcre PDO pdo_mysql pdo_sqlite Phar random readline Reflection session SimpleXML snmp soap sockets sodium SPL sqlite3 standard tokenizer xml xmlreader xmlwriter xsl Zend OPcache zip zlib glpi-fpm-1 | [Zend Modules] Zend OPcache glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | Wait 10 seconds for the database to be ready... glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | Unable to connect to database. glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | GLPI is not configured yet. Performing CLI installation glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | Clearing GLPI cache... glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ glpi-fpm-1 | glpi-fpm-1 | /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ glpi-fpm-1 | | PHP-FPM Starting (php-fpm -F) at Sun Dec 7 16:25:29 UTC 2025... glpi-fpm-1 | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ - Open a browser with the URL https://localhost
- https://glpi.tiozaodolinux.com/
- https://glpi.tiozaodolinux.com/info.php
- https://glpi.tiozaodolinux.com/status/nginx
- https://glpi.tiozaodolinux.com/status/fpm
A single command line with openssl is all it takes to obtain the private key (nginx.key) and certificate (nginx.crt) files. The files in this repository were generated as follows:
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout nginx.key -out nginx.crt -subj "/C=US/ST=State/L=City/O=Organization/CN=localhost" The Dockerfile file is very simple. Take a look and clear up any doubts. I used AlmaLinux as a base to install the packages related to PHP.
The docker-compose.yml file can be edited to reflect your preferences (exposed ports, image versions, etc.).
The custom-nginx.conf file contains the basic Nginx server configurations.
The custom-php.ini file contains the PHP variable configurations.
In production mode, adjust the locations in custom-nginx.conf to allow only your networks. Comment out the 'allow all' line and uncomment the line corresponding to your network.