Introduction

This docker container starts an nginx server that serves up the content of the /var/www directory.

The server configuration changes dynamically based on the value of the ENVIRON environment variable.

See below for details.

Published to Docker Hub under icj217/hv-sysops-nginx:latest repository

Source code available here

Running

The docker image can be run using docker run or Docker Compose.

Using Docker Compose can be helpful if you need to specify numerous environment variables/volume mounts and/or if you are using this container within a multi-service project.

Environment

To run the image, pass an ENVIRON environment variable into the container, e.g. docker run -p 8080:80 -e "ENVIRON=dev" icj217/hv-sysops-nginx:latest

The following are valid ENVIRON values: dev, prod

There is no default value for this environment variable to limit the chance of accidental misconfiguration.

Content

To override the default content served by nginx, simply mount a volume over the /var/www/ directory, e.g. docker run -p 8080:80 --volume=/my/local/content:/var/www -e "ENVIRON=dev" icj217/hv-sysops-nginx:latest