Please use
omit_containers: [db]

See https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/stable/users/configuration/config/#omit_containers

I don't expect to be stopping nginx or not installing it, but you can certainly ignore its existence :)

Hi @rfay

I also believe this would be a nice feature to have. I maintain a lot of Modules for Magento as well as some projects that have no need for a web server or are just CLI commands. Being able to run their test suites or a CLI command locally without having to spin up a web server would be much more elegant. Unless you know of a nifty workaround?

Thanks

@rfay Apologies, I think this is ultimately doable with the configuration:

type: php
webserver_type: generic
omit_containers: [db]

I'm pretty new to ddev so just figuring things out! Thanks for a great dev experience

Yes, as of recent DDEV v1.24.3, you can have webserver_type: generic and omit_containers[db] and have everything requested here.

You might want type: generic as well, but I don't think it would change anything.