docker-apache

Canonical source repository for the Apache container image published as ghcr.io/justgetschwifty/apache.

Purpose

This repository contains the Docker build sources for the Apache image published as ghcr.io/justgetschwifty/apache and provides a minimal, runnable example.

Example (minimal)

There is a minimal runnable example in examples/minimal/ that starts Apache and PHP-FPM with conservative defaults and exposes HTTP on http://localhost:8080.

Package Overview

• Image: ghcr.io/justgetschwifty/apache
• Primary tag: latest
• Platforms: linux/amd64, linux/arm64
• Role: front-end web server for a Docker stack

Why This Image Exists

The image is designed to provide a clean Apache runtime that works well as a modern HTTP entrypoint in front of PHP-FPM services.

That gives a few practical benefits:

• a single, repeatable Apache runtime for local development and server deployments
• predictable module enablement instead of ad-hoc host configuration
• good compatibility with reverse proxy and PHP-FPM based workloads
• one multi-architecture image that works on common x86_64 servers and Apple Silicon machines

What Is Inside

The current image is built from debian:13-slim and installs a focused Apache runtime with a small set of supporting packages.

Included packages:

• apache2
• ca-certificates
• curl

Enabled Apache modules:

• mpm_event
• proxy
• proxy_fcgi
• setenvif
• rewrite
• headers
• expires
• filter
• deflate
• brotli
• remoteip
• status
• http2
• unique_id

Default changes made during image build:

• mpm_prefork is disabled
• other-vhosts-access-log is disabled
• /var/www/websites is created for site content
• /var/log/websites is created for site logs
• both directories are owned by www-data

Why This Is Good To Use

This image is useful when you want Apache to behave as a stable, documented part of your application stack instead of an opaque machine-specific dependency.

It is a good fit because it gives you:

• consistent behavior between developer machines and deployed environments
• HTTP/2, compression, rewrite handling, and reverse proxy features already enabled
• a clear contract for PHP-FPM fronting through proxy_fcgi
• a documented GHCR package with a real source repository behind it

Intended Use Cases

Use this image when you need:

• Apache as the public web server in front of PHP-FPM containers
• a reusable web runtime for a Docker stack
• a multi-architecture image that runs on both server-grade x86_64 systems and Apple Silicon hosts
• a documented package page in GHCR instead of an unlabeled internal image

Pull

docker pull ghcr.io/justgetschwifty/apache:latest

Relationship To The Build Sources

This repository is the canonical source for the Dockerfile used to build the published Apache image.

The image is feature-rich, but it is still designed to stay reasonably small. The default example configuration is conservative and targets servers with limited RAM and CPU.