🚀 Flask + MySQL + Nginx with Docker Compose

This project sets up a Flask application with a MySQL database, routed through, Nginx as a reverse proxy, using Docker Compose for container orchestration.

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🛠 Technologies and Tools

• 🐍 Flask – Backend framework
• 🐬 MySQL – Database
• 🌐 Nginx – Reverse proxy
• 🐳 Docker Compose – Manages multi-container applications

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🌟 Key Features

✅ Containerized Flask backend and MySQL database using Docker
✅ Configured Nginx as a reverse proxy to route traffic to the Flask app
✅ Managed multi-container setup using Docker Compose
✅ Environment variables used to configure database connection

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🏗 Steps Implemented

1️⃣ Flask App Setup:

• Created a Flask application with basic endpoints.
• Configured the app to connect to the MySQL database.

2️⃣ Docker Setup:

• Created Dockerfiles for Flask and Nginx.
• Built and managed containers using Docker Compose.

3️⃣ MySQL Setup:

• Created a MySQL container with environment variables for user and database creation.
• Configured Flask to connect to the MySQL database.

4️⃣ Nginx Configuration:

• Configured Nginx as a reverse proxy for the Flask app.
• Set up Docker Compose to expose the Nginx container on port 8080.

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🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/DharmikDevops/docker-compose-backend.git
cd docker-compose-backend

2. Start the containers:

docker-compose up -d

3. Access the Flask app at:

   🌐 http://localhost:8080

4. Stop the containers:

docker_compose down

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🎯 What I Learned

✅ Setting up multi-container apps with Docker Compose
✅ Configuring Nginx as a reverse proxy
✅ Docker container networking

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🎯 Next Steps

➡️ Integrate Jenkins for CI/CD

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📞 Contact

Feel free to reach out on www.linkedin.com/in/dharmik1904 for any question!

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