Joomla 4 cli core:install doesn't work in Docker

[nickyeoman]

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Create a Joomla container in Docker using the image joomla:4.3.1 from Docker Hub.
2. Try to run the command php cli/joomla.php core:install inside the container, following the instructions outlined in the Joomla CLI Update documentation.

Expected result

The Joomla installer should run successfully.

Actual result

The output displays: Install Joomla to run cli commands. This behavior is expected according to the code found in cli/joomla.php on line 46:

// Check if installed
if (
    !file_exists(JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php')
    || (filesize(JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php') < 10)
) {
    echo 'Install Joomla to run cli commands' . PHP_EOL;
    exit;
}

System information

• Docker image: joomla:4.3.1 from Docker Hub

Additional comments

According to the Installing Joomla via the CLI documentation, it should be possible to install Joomla using Joomla cli. However, this is currently not working because the cli/joomla.php file checks for the existence of configuration.php before attempting the installation. This check prevents the installation process when trying to create the configuration.php file in the first place.

[alikon]

please follow this https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Joomla_CLI_Installation

[Fedik]

Hi,

According to the Installing Joomla via the CLI documentation

Because you use Docker image please follow the information from the image description. https://hub.docker.com/_/joomla
If I right understood it will "pre install" joomla for you.

For bugs in the image please reaport https://github.com/joomla-docker/docker-joomla/

[alikon]

@Fedik php cli/joomla.php core:install has never been landed in core, that doc page must be amended
starting for 4.3 you can install from cli with php installation/joomla.php install

so imho it's not a bug more a doc issue

[Fedik]

Okay :)

[nickyeoman]

Yes, I think this is a documentation issue. The page provided by @alikon J4.xJoomla CLI Installation is what I was trying to do.

Tested the above documentation page with dockerhub image joomla:4.3.1 and the following bash script, works perfect.

#!/bin/bash
# Load .env
set -o allexport
source .env
set +o allexport

DB_PREFIX=$(LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc '[:alpha:]' < /dev/urandom | head -c 3)_

docker-compose exec -u www-data joomla php installation/joomla.php install \
  --site-name=$PROJECTNAME \
  --admin-email=$EMAIL \
  --admin-user=$JOOMLA_USER \
  --admin-username=$JOOMLA_USER \
  --admin-password=$JOOMLA_PASSWORD \
  --db-type=mysqli \
  --db-host=mariadb \
  --db-user=$MYSQL_USER \
  --db-pass=$MYSQL_PASSWORD \
  --db-name=$MYSQL_DATABASE \
  --db-prefix=$DB_PREFIX \
  --db-encryption=0

Docker note

Just to clarify If I right understood it will "pre install" joomla for you. -@Fedik

That statement is not correct, the DockerFile only extracts the zip file and gives you a ready installation (unless the volume is already full then it skips installation).

RUN set -ex; \
	curl -o joomla.tar.bz2 -SL {{ env.joomlaPackage }}; \
	echo "$JOOMLA_SHA512 *joomla.tar.bz2" | sha512sum -c -; \
	mkdir /usr/src/joomla; \
	tar -xf joomla.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src/joomla; \
	rm joomla.tar.bz2; \
	chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/src/joomla

I'm not even sure if it does anything with the ENV it asks for on the dockerhub page. But as you say that's an issue for: https://github.com/joomla-docker/docker-joomla/

My above code could be run from a custom dockerfile instead of docker-compose

Conclusion

Yes, this is a documentation issue with the page: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:CLI_Update#Installing_Joomla.21_via_the_CLI

As for a solution, I'm not sure if it should be removed, as I like the idea of a json file.

[rdeutz]

not an core issue