Docker connect Mail catcher with WordPress

Question

I want to set a sendmail_path in WordPress' container and use a sendmail provided by another container. In my case its MailHog.

So this is my docker-compose:

version: '2'
services:
    wordpress:
        image: wordpress
        links:
            - db:mysql
            - mailhog
        ports:
            - 80:80
        domainname: foo.com
        hostname: foo
        volumes:
            - ./public:/var/www/html
        environment:
            WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: example
        depends_on:
           - mailhog

    mailhog:
        image: mailhog/mailhog
        ports:
            - 1025:1025
            - 8025:8025

    db:
        image: mariadb
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example

I tried executing the command: "echo 'sendmail_path = \"/usr/local/bin/mailhog sendmail\"' > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/mail.ini" on WordPress container but it actually prints it...

Does these two have to share the volumes?

PS. I know I can use it as a SMTP server in the APP but I want to deal with it in more automated way.

Answer 1

You don't have MailHog installed in the WordPress container, so the path /usr/local/bin/mailhog doesn't exist.

What you want to do is to send emails via sendmail and those emails must be caught by MailHog. To do this, you must extend the WordPress Dockerfile:

FROM wordpress
RUN curl --location --output /usr/local/bin/mhsendmail https://github.com/mailhog/mhsendmail/releases/download/v0.2.0/mhsendmail_linux_amd64 && \
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mhsendmail

RUN echo 'sendmail_path="/usr/local/bin/mhsendmail --smtp-addr=mailhog:1025 --from=no-reply@docker.dev"' > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/mailhog.ini

Note the --smtp-addr parameter must be in the form <mailhog_hostname>:<mailhog_port>.

Change your docker-compose.yml to build your Dockerfile.

version: '2'
services:
    wordpress:
        build:
            context: ./
            dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
        links:
            - db:mysql
            - mailhog
        ports:
            - 80:80
        domainname: foo.com
        hostname: foo
        volumes:
            - ./public:/var/www/html
        environment:
            WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: example
        depends_on:
           - mailhog
    
    mailhog:
        image: mailhog/mailhog
        ports:
            - 1025:1025
            - 8025:8025
    
    db:
        image: mariadb
        environment:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example

In this example, the Dockerfile you have written must be named "Dockerfile" and must be in the current directory (where you run docker-compose). You can change the path accordingly. You can remove the 1025:1025 ports entry if you don't need to connect to it from the host.

Now the function mail() should work as intended.