Okay, I have written an article 2 days ago where I went through every details. But today. I have created a blank symfony container with all the necessary deploy hook and mods so that you can get your symfony 2 project up and running in an openshift container within a minute, fully automated, seriously!
Github Repo: https://github.com/hasinhayder/openshift-symfony-2.3.0
Just create a new ZendServer 5.6 or PHP 5.3 gear from your OpenShift control panel and while creating, supply this git repository’s checkout URL (https://github.com/hasinhayder/openshift-symfony-2.3.0) in the “Source Code” field. That’s it. And oh by the way, don’t forget to add a MySQL cartridge later in this gear. You don’t have to do anything else at all! The deploy script will take care of everything.
Here’s a quicktip just for the first time ssh login. You may not have to do it at all, but if by any chance you cannot connect to mysql database from app/console then all you need to do is clear the cache and you are done 🙂
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cd $OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/php
php app/console clear:cache –env=dev
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Now Symfony can be installed in just one minute in your openshift instances. Enjoy!
By the way, if you are wondering how did I manage to load OpenShift MySQL credentials automatically in the container, then open the app/config/config.yml and you will notice that I have imported a new file named “params.php” from the same directory
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# app/config/config.yml
imports:
– { resource: parameters.yml }
– { resource: security.yml }
– { resource: params.php }
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and in the app/config/params.php I have added these lines which injects the database parameters in the container with appropriate value
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<?php
# app/config/params.php
$container->setParameter(‘database_host’, getEnv("OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST"));
$container->setParameter(‘database_port’, getEnv("OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PORT"));
$container->setParameter(‘database_name’, getEnv("OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME"));
$container->setParameter(‘database_user’, getEnv("OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME"));
$container->setParameter(‘database_password’, getEnv("OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD"));
?>
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Update: This repo is now a part of OpenShift Quickstarts and you can directly access and instantly deploy it from here https://www.openshift.com/quickstarts/symfony-236, as well as from PHP Section in your OpenShift app control panel
