alexisno/nginx-dev repository overview

⁠Nginx docker image for development environment

A Docker Nginx image with some useful packages for development environments. Do not use it for production.

⁠Common usage

This image should be used as a basic image for any project.

• Create virtualhost for the development environment.
• Create a Dockerfile with your project dependencies and add the virtualhost to it's configuration.
• Create you own image with docker build or docker-compose build.

Run your new image with a command similar to this:

docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /path/to/your/project/sources:/var/www/project-name -v /path/to/project/data/nginx/logs:/var/log/nginx your-image-tag

⁠Self signed certificates

The image comes with a gencert command to generate self signed certificates.

Usage in child Dockerfile:

RUN gencert <domain>

VirtualHost configuration:

server { listen 80; listen 443 ssl;

  ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/certs/<domain>.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/<domain>.key;

  server_name <domain>;

  # Complete with your configuration
  # ...
}

Replace <domain> with the hostname you use for the development environment.