bludoc/nginx repository overview

⁠Nginx Docker image

This repository holds the configuration for a Docker image based on nginx, which serves an application either solely over SSL including a rewrite of all served URLs to https://... or just the way it is.

⁠Build process

The build process is comprised of few steps.

⁠Copy default config

Copy app.conf⁠ to /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.conf of the image to set some default settings and allow for the change via docker-entrypoint.sh which is copied during the next step.

⁠Copy script to enable application set up

Copy docker-entrypoint.sh⁠ to the root directory of the image to enable the setup process of the connection to the application on container startup

⁠Environment variables

During container start there are several optional environment variables available to connect to an existing app in the network and serve it at a specified address. The following list mentions the default values if not explicitly specified differently during container start up.

⁠Available environment variables

SSL = 'false': Indicate if the application shall be served solely over SSL or not. Mixed content will possibly not work correctly if set to 'false'.

SERVER_NAME = 'localhost': The full URL over which the application will be served including subfolders.

UPSTREAM_HANDLE ='0.0.0.0': The application's ip or address in the network.

UPSTREAM_PORT = '80': The application's port at it's address in the network.