devoto13/nginx repository overview

⁠docker-nginx

Docker nginx server generic image source. This is based on ubuntu:12.04 image.

⁠Image

You can pull a ready to use image from Docker index⁠ running:

$ docker.io pull wiliamsouza/nginx

Or build this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/wiliamsouza/docker-nginx.git
$ cd docker-nginx/
$ docker.io build -t wiliamsouza/nginx .

Change wiliamsouza/nginx to your Docker index username.

⁠Container

This image uses volumes and environment variables to control the nginx server configuration.

Volumes:

• /etc/nginx/site-available: Change sites configurations using it.
• /usr/share/nginx/html: HTML files goes here.
• /etc/nginx/conf.d: Change sites configurations using it.
• /var/log/nginx: Access log from the container using it.
• /srv: Add your app source code here.

You pass with -v docker option. Don't forget to use absolute path here.

Shell access:

$ docker.io run -p 80:80 -i \
-v `pwd`/volumes/sites-available:/etc/nginx/sites-available \
-v `pwd`/volumes/html:/usr/share/nginx/html \
-v `pwd`/volumes/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d \
-v `pwd`/volumes/log:/var/log/nginx \
-v `pwd`/volumes/srv:/srv \
-t wiliamsouza/nginx /bin/bash

The command above will start a container give you a shell. Don't forget to start the service running the startup & script.

Usage:

$ docker.io run --name nginx -p 80:80 -d \
-v `pwd`/volumes/sites-available:/etc/nginx/sites-available \
-v `pwd`/volumes/html:/usr/share/nginx/html \
-v `pwd`/volumes/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d \
-v `pwd`/volumes/log:/var/log/nginx \
-v `pwd`/volumes/srv:/srv \
-t wiliamsouza/nginx

The command above will start a container and return its ID.