Inception is a system administration and DevOps project from the 42 curriculum. The goal is to create a secure and functional web infrastructure using Docker and Docker Compose. The project must run multiple services in isolated containers, all managed from a single docker-compose.yml file.

This project was built and tested on Debian-based systems and uses Docker to containerize the environment.

The project includes the following containers:

• Nginx A secure web server with SSL configured using self-signed certificates. Serves as a reverse proxy for WordPress.

• WordPress A full WordPress website running on PHP-FPM.

• MariaDB A MySQL-compatible database for storing WordPress data.

• Redis Used for object caching in WordPress to improve performance.

• Adminer A lightweight web-based database management tool.

• cAdvisor Google's container monitoring tool to visualize performance metrics and container usage in real-time.

• Flask App (CV Viewer) A small Flask application showcasing a personal CV, fulfilling the subject's bonus requirement of demonstrating personal work in a custom web app.

• FTP Server Enables file upload capability.

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• GNU make

git clone https://github.com/shokdot/Inception.git
cd Inception
make

Alternatively, if not using Makefile:

cd srcs/
docker-compose up --build

Note: Replace localhost with your VM’s IP if you're not using localhost.

• All services run as non-root users where possible.
• Nginx uses SSL with self-signed certificates.
• MariaDB and FTP credentials are stored in .env files or Docker secrets.

• Caching with Redis for WordPress.
• Container Monitoring with cAdvisor.
• Database Management via Adminer.
• Custom Web App: Flask-powered CV page.
• FTP configured with secure access control.

inception/
├── srcs/
│   └── requirements/
│       ├── bonus/
│       │   ├── adminer/
│       │   ├── cadvisor/
│       │   ├── flask/
│       │   ├── ftp/
│       │   └── redis/
│       ├── mariadb/
│       ├── nginx/
│       └── wordpress/
├── .env_example
├── docker-compose.yml
├── en.subject.pdf
└── Makefile

• The entire stack is managed with Docker Compose.
• Services restart automatically unless stopped manually.
• Clean-up with make clean or docker-compose down -v.
• Clean also volumes with make fclean

• Intra Profile

This project follows the official Inception subject provided by 42.