Do you want to run several websites with different domains and HTTPS on one machine with as little server setup as possible? All that is needed is Docker!
This is a docker-compose setup that uses jwilder/nginx-proxy and JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion to make an nginx proxy for your projects supporting HTTPS by automatically generating letsencrypt certificates for every virtual host.
In order for your servers to be proxied they need to be on the reverse-proxy network. Create the docker network:
$ docker network create reverse-proxy
To start up the proxy server, just cd into the nginx-proxy directory and launch it with:
$ docker-compose up
Note: For localhost devleopment, you should only start the nginx-proxy without letsencrypt:
$ docker-compose up nginx-proxy
As soon as the proxy is running, you can cd into the example app directory and start it up:
$ docker-compose up
Since the example app is in the same network as nginx-proxy (reverse-proxy), it will be proxied.
To test the example, app edit your /etc/hosts file and point example.dev at 127.0.0.1 and go to example.dev. You should see the example app's output (Hello World!)
To enable HTTPS and letsencypt, uncomment the lines LETSENCRYPT_HOST and LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL in the example app's docker-compose.yml file. Note that letsencrypt will only work for real domains (reachable from outside your local network).
This is just my little setup! Thanks to jwilder/nginx-proxy and JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion. Check them out for forther instructions.