AMP Manager

The AMP-MANAGER.bat is the central tool for creating, configuring and removing local sites on your machine.

It handles:

• Angie virtual host configuration
• Local SSL certificate generation (via mkcert)
• Optional scaffolding project folder in D:\amp\www\
• Windows hosts file updates (with UAC elevation)
• Basic health checks and cleanup

Everything is done with readable batch script. You can open, modify and understand every step.

Angie Server

Angie is a high-performance, modern fork of Nginx with enhanced configuration options, better module support and active development.

In AMP it serves as the web server and reverse proxy:

• Container name: angie
• Handles all HTTP/HTTPS traffic
• Passes PHP requests to PHP-FPM
• Loads virtual hosts from /etc/angie/http.d/*.conf

Angie web server is open in public repositories under a BSD-type free license ↗

MariaDB

MariaDB is the relational database used in AMP — a drop-in replacement for MySQL with better performance and open-source focus.

Key facts:

• Container name: db
• Exposed port: 3306 (accessible from host)
• Default root password: set in docker-compose or .env
• Default application database: ampdb

MariaDB is distributed under the GPL license, version 2 ↗

PHP Version

AMP uses PHP 8.3 (webdevops/php:8.3 image) with FPM (FastCGI Process Manager)

for efficient request handling. Enabled by default:

• Container name: php
• pdo_mysql, gd, curl, mbstring, openssl, json, xml, zip, intl, fileinfo
• Customization (memory limit, upload size, etc.) is done via D:\amp\config\php.ini.

PHP license is a BSD-style license ↗

Docker

Docker Compose orchestrates the entire AMP stack:

• angie: web server
• php: PHP-FPM processor
• db: MariaDB database

All important files are bind-mounted from your host.
You edit them directly on Windows, changes are instant.

Basic commands:

• Status: docker compose ps
• Logs: docker compose logs -f
• Restart: docker compose down && docker compose up -d

Docker Desktop is licensed under the Docker Subscription Service Agreement ↗

Utils/Tools

AMP includes a small set of lightweight, open tools:

• mkcert.exe : local SSL certificates (trusted by browsers after install), BSD 3-Clause License ↗
• AMP-MANAGER.bat : generates the required configuration for your local environment
• create-shortcut.bat: run this to create a desktop shortcut with an icon

No heavy frameworks, no telemetry, no vendor lock-in.

Github Repo

The full AMP project is open source and hosted on GitHub:

github.com/gigamaster/amp

You can:

• Fork and modify the stack
• Report issues or suggest improvements
• Contribute new features or documentation

Everything is readable and changeable. No proprietary cages. No hidden fees.

 MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Nuno Luciano - AMP MANAGER - Docker Web Dev Stack

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