Simplest setup for local server development?

WebPageTest Private Instances
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I’d like to poke at the server UI, ideally without setting up my own agent. Is there documentation on the best setup for local development? I’m on a Mac, if it matters.

I tried using docker, and the public relay server:

[font=Courier]docker/local/run_local_container.sh
docker cp www/settings/locations.ini wpt:/var/www/html/settings
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My locations.ini:

[php]
[locations]
1=Public_Dulles
default=Public_Dulles

;
; These are the top-level locations that are listed in the location dropdown
; Each one points to one or more browser configurations
;

[Public_Dulles]
1=WPT_Dulles
label=“WebPageTest.org - Dulles, VA”
group=Public

;
; This is an example of a “remote” configuration where tests can be proxied to a remote
; WebPageTest instance. The test will be run by the remote server, but the results
; will be downloaded to the local server and deleted from the remote agent
;
; Each desired location from the remote server needs to be configured
; individually on the local configuration (location names do not need to match)
;
; To use the public webpagetest.org instance you will need an API key: https://www.webpagetest.org/getkey.php
;

[WPT_Dulles]
browser=Chrome,Firefox
label=“WebPageTest.org Dulles, VA - IE8”
relayServer=“https://www.webpagetest.org/”
relayKey=“”
relayLocation=Dulles
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This almost works–it seems like I’m able to start a run, and the UI goes through the phases of waiting for it to complete, but then when it appears to finish it gives a “Test not found” message (see screenshot)

Is there a simple fix? Or maybe just an easier way to do local development?

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Hmm, I’ve never used the docker container but my guess would be something around the local results folder and where that persists.

It might be easiest to spin up a free-tier AWS instance using the server image or a VM (or gce instance) with Ubuntu 18.04 and just run the server install script: GitHub - WPO-Foundation/wptserver-install: Installation scripts for the WebPageTest server

I usually install xdebug in the php on the dev server and then use vscode remote to do dev work on it so I don’t have to deal with being on a Mac.