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Ibrar Hussain
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Setup Docker Container for MailHog to use it with Laravel app

#webdev #docker #mailhog #laravel

If you have local setup via Homestead or Valet, you might need to use smtp setup for emails in your application. For local development, one of the choices is to use MailHog.

Setting up MailHog can be in many ways but in this article, we will talk about setting up docker container for it.

Following are the steps:

  • Install docker desktop

You can go to this link and choose the desired application for your operating system.

  • Create a folder called docker-workspace 
 mkdir docker-workspace
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  • Go to the folder and create a new file docker-compose.yml 
 cd docker-workspace touch docker-compose.yml
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  • Open docker-compose.yml file and enter the following content:
 version: "3.7" services: # SMTP Server smtp: platform: linux/x86_64 image: mailhog/mailhog container_name: docker-workspace-smtp logging: driver: 'none' ports: - "8003:1025" - "8100:8025" networks: - docker_workspace_network networks: docker_workspace_network: driver: bridge
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  • Start the docker container via the following command:
 docker-compose up -d
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MailHog app running

  • In your Laravel application change the .env to the following:
 MAIL_MAILER=smtp MAIL_HOST=localhost MAIL_PORT=8003 MAIL_USERNAME='' MAIL_PASSWORD='' MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
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  • Now, sending emails from you app will start showing up in the MailHog

Happy Coding!

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