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Symfony Local Web Server ... reloaded

Symfony Local Web Server ... reloaded

Fabien Potencier

December 06, 2018
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  1. The state of local web servers with Symfony php -S

    Many limitations Docker Might be slow/inconvenient Nginx/Apache Need setup Vagrant Not convenient
  2. My ideal setup? Local Web Server and local files Remote

    services Works well on the major platforms Fast and convenient
  3. PHP built-in server is almost perfect ... but it has

    too many limitations • Only one connection at a time • No HTTP-2 support • No SSL • Does not re-read env vars if they change • Needs some tweaks to make it work with Symfony (special router) • …
  4. …via the new symfony binary • Introduced last week with

    • Binary with no dependencies, not even PHP
 No global Composer changes • Does more than just the Cloud • symfony security:check
 without calls to security.symfony.com • symfony new [--demo] [--full] ...
 to create new Symfony projects • and … https://symfony.com/cloud/download
  5. A Symfony local web server # From your project's directory

    $ symfony server:start # Done! First port available starts at 8000
  6. A Symfony local web server $ symfony server:start -d #

    open in the browser $ symfony open:local # tail the logs $ symfony server:log Start in the background
  7. Some features • No need to be root • Uses

    PHP-FPM whenever possible
 fallbacks to PHP-CGI/php -S (on Windows for instance) • HTTP-2 support out of the box • HTTP Link/pre-load/push support • Works with any PHP project
 Use it for plain HTML websites, Symfony ones, Laravel, Drupal, Magento, … • Fire and forget • Great developer experience…
  8. Why? • Testing a new PHP version or a different

    configuration? • Different projects might need different PHP versions • Most machines have several PHP versions installed
 Think homebrew for instance
  9. Use any of them locally # Change the PHP version

    for the current directory $ echo "7.1" > .php-version # Or any 7.x version? $ echo "7" > .php-version # Done!
  10. Each web server can have its own PHP version #

    Detect the PHP version to use for this directory $ symfony server:start Algorithm (current directory and up) 1/ .php-version? 2/ .symfony.cloud.yaml? 3/ $PATH
  11. The web server uses the “best” backend possible # Detect

    the best possible backend $ symfony server:start Algorithm 1/ PHP-FPM 2/ PHP-CLI (also FastCGI) 3/ php -S
  12. Works also in your terminal # Use the symfony wrapper

    $ symfony php -v $ symfony php -r "echo 'Symfony!';" Algorithm (current directory and up) 1/ .php-version? 2/ .symfony.cloud.yaml? 3/ $PATH
  13. Configure PHP per directory $ symfony php -r "echo ini_get('date.timezone');"

    Europe/Paris # Create a php.ini file at the project's directory $ cat php.ini [Date] date.timezone = Europe/Lisbon $ symfony php -r "echo ini_get('date.timezone');" Europe/Lisbon # Works with the web server as well
  14. # Using the wrapper all the time? # Create a

    copy named php $ cd ~/.symfony/bin/ && cp symfony php # Running php now runs the symfony wrapper! # Works with other PHP binaries $ cd ~/.symfony/bin/ && cp symfony pecl $ cd ~/.symfony/bin/ && cp symfony php-fpm $ cd ~/.symfony/bin/ && cp symfony php-config Want to drink the Kool-Aid?
  15. All the logs are parsed as semantic JSON logs and

    "humanized" From the web server From Symfony From PHP
  16. # Use it even if you are using another web

    server # to get pretty Symfony logs $ symfony server:log --file=/path/to/var/log/dev.log
  17. Why? • More similar to production • Detect mixed-content early

    • Having HTTPS is sometimes a requirement: stripe.js?
  18. How? # From anywhere $ symfony server:ca:install # Done! $

    ls ~/.symfony/certs default.p12 rootCA-key.pem rootCA.pem +Creates a local Certificate Authority +Registers it on your system trust store +Registers it on Firefox +Creates a default certificate
 for localhost/127.0.0.1/...
  19. Why? • Useful when a project behaviour depends on the

    domain name
 Think sub-domains like lisbon2018.symfony.com vs paris2019.symfony.com • No need to remember the ports
 ports can change, is it 8000 or 8001? • Stable endpoint across machines
 Think oauth2 redirect URL for instance • Use “regular” ports: 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS • More similar to the production settings
  20. Optional, independent from the web server # From anywhere $

    symfony proxy:start # Done ...almost! No need to be root
  21. + Nothing to install + No need to mess up

    with your DNS + Same configuration on all platforms + Does not intercept regular traffic
  22. How does it work? $ curl http://127.0.0.1:7080/proxy.pac // Only proxy

    *.wip requests // Configuration file in ~/.symfony/proxy.json function FindProxyForURL (url, host) { if (dnsDomainIs(host, '.wip')) { return 'PROXY 127.0.0.1:7080'; } return 'DIRECT'; }
  23. Optional, independent from the web server # Attach a domain

    to a directory $ symfony proxy:domain:attach symfony.com --dir=~/Code/symfony.com # Start the web server if needed $ symfony server:start -d # Done! https://symfony.com.wip/ is now an “alias” for https://127.0.0.1:8xxx/
  24. Proxy Configuration { "tld": "wip", "port": 7080, "domains": { "*.symfony.com":

    ".../github/symfonycorp/symfony.com", "certif": ".../symfonycorp/certification.symfony.com", "certification": ".../symfonycorp/certification.symfony.com", "demo": "/tmp/demo", "cloud.symfony.com": ".../github/symfonycorp/symfony.com", "symfony.com": ".../github/symfonycorp/symfony.com" } } ~/.symfony/proxy.json .wip or anything else .sf? Wildcard support Multiple domains per directory TLS certificates created on demand
  25. Manage long-running commands # Run yarn in the background $

    symfony run -d yarn encore dev --watch $ symfony server:log $ symfony server:status Web server listening on https://127.0.0.1:8001 Command "/usr/local/bin/yarn encore dev --watch" running with PID 93398 $ symfony server:stop command logs stops the web server
 and the commands
  26. https://demo.com/ Project hosted on SymfonyCloud # Init a project and

    deploy to prod $ symfony project:init # Deploy a cluster of containers PHP, services like DB, TLS, ...
 for the master branch/production env $ symfony deploy # Make it live $ symfony domain:attach demo.com ENV=prod DEBUG=false
  27. https://some-bug-xtf33gy-ombjum625h7iw.eu.s5y.io/ Step 1: Create a branch # Create a new

    Git branch for the code # Deploy a new cluster of containers # Copy data (DB, files, ...) byte to byte $ symfony env:create some-bug # Open the new deployed URL # Exact copy of production $ symfony open:remote # Debug logs $ symfony log # Or switch to dev/debug with $ symfony debug Exact copy of production ENV=prod DEBUG=false
  28. https://demo.com.wip/ Step 2: Run it locally # Attach a local

    domain for fun $ symfony proxy:domain:attach demo.com # Run the local web server $ symfony server:start -d # Open the local website $ symfony open:local ENV=dev DEBUG=true
  29. https://demo.com.wip/ Step 3: Connect the remote services # Open a

    tunnel with the "some-bug" env $ symfony tunnel:open # Refresh the page in the browser # It works! ENV=dev DEBUG=true
  30. .env APP_ENV=dev APP_DEBUG=1 APP_SECRET=67d829bf61dc5f87a73fd814e2c9f629 DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/data/database.sqlite MAILER_URL=null://localhost 47 How does it

    work? Environment variables FTW! + The local web server detects the tunnel + It exposes the services as env vars in PHP-FPM + Symfony and SymfonyCloud share the same convention + Symfony reads the env vars + You win!
  31. prod Debugging like a pro With production data But in

    a safe isolated environment Local Web prod DB
  32. prod Debugging like a pro With production data But in

    a safe isolated environment Local Web prod DB some-bug some-bug Web DB symfony env:create Duplicate infra/data Create a local Git branch 1
  33. prod Debugging like a pro With production data But in

    a safe isolated environment Local Web prod DB DATABASE_URL=postgres://127.0.0.1:30002/main symfony tunnel:open 2 some-bug some-bug Web DB symfony env:create Duplicate infra/data Create a local Git branch 1
  34. prod Debugging like a pro With production data But in

    a safe isolated environment Local Web prod DB DATABASE_URL=postgres://127.0.0.1:30002/main symfony tunnel:open 2 some-bug some-bug Web symfony server:start 3 some-bug some-bug Web DB symfony env:create Duplicate infra/data Create a local Git branch 1
  35. prod Debugging like a pro With production data But in

    a safe isolated environment Local Web prod DB DATABASE_URL=postgres://127.0.0.1:30002/main symfony tunnel:open 2 some-bug some-bug Web symfony server:start 3 some-bug some-bug Web DB symfony env:create Duplicate infra/data Create a local Git branch 1 symfony env:sync
  36. https://some-bug-xtf33gy-ombjum625h7iw.eu.s5y.io/ Step 4: Fix the issue # Fix the code

    # Update the DB schema # Change/Add some services $ git commit ... # Deploy on the remote env $ symfony deploy # Check that everything is fine $ symfony open:remote # If the fix takes some time # Sync back the data from prod $ symfony env:sync ENV=prod DEBUG=false
  37. https://demo.com/ === https://some-bug-xtf33gy-ombjum625h7iw.eu.s5y.io/ Step 5: Deploy with confidence # Merge

    everything back (code + infra) to production $ git checkout master $ git merge some-bug # Deploy production # Fast -> same container images $ symfony deploy ENV=prod DEBUG=false
  38. Bonus: Works in a terminal as well $ symfony tunnel:open

    $ symfony php -r 'echo $_SERVER["DATABASE_URL"];' postgres://main:[email protected]:30002/main?sslmode=disable&charset=utf8&serverVersion=10 # Env vars are useful with bin/console as well $ symfony console ... # Works for "some" other commands as well (connects to the SymfonyCloud DB) $ symfony run psql SymfonyCloud Environment variables are set
  39. My ideal setup! Local Web Server and local files Remote

    services Works well on the major platforms Fast and convenient