docker

This page explains how to install DDEV & Drupal in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). It also offers some basic guidance on using and extending DDEV for Drupal projects.

Note: This guide manually sets up Solr in Docker for educational purposes. The recommended and easiest method according to the search_api_solr team is to use the pre-configured Solr solution in DDEV.

Docker-based tools are great for local development environments because of the small footprint and fast start-up times. More open-source projects are packaging their stacks as Docker images to speed up installation and collaboration.