nginx

nginx docker container

Fork of the main docker "nginx"

With the following changes:

• Entrypoint script to take care of most normal configuration needs
• Sets up a self-signed SSL cert

What is Nginx?

Nginx (pronounced "engine-x") is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server (origin server). The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. It is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license and it runs on Linux, BSD variants, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, as well as on other *nix flavors. It also has a proof of concept port for Microsoft Windows.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

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How to use this image

Exposing the port

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx

Then you can hit http://hostname:8080 or http://host-ip:8080 in your browser.

Hosting some local simple static content

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 \
            -v /some/path:/srv/www:ro -d dperson/nginx

Complex configuration

sudo docker run -it --rm dperson/nginx -h

Usage: nginx.sh [-opt] [command]
Options (fields in '[]' are optional, '<>' are required):
    -h          This help
    -6          Disable IPv6
    -B  "[on|off]" Enables/disables the proxy request buffer,
                so that requests are passed through [on/off] (Default on)
    -b "[location][;IP]" Configure basic auth for "location"
                possible arg: [location] (defaults to '/')
                [location] is the URI in nginx (IE: /wiki)
                [;IP] addresses that don't have to authenticate
    -C ""       Configure Content Security Policy header
    -c "<max_size>" Configure the client_max_body_size for uploads
    -e ""       Configure EXPIRES header on static assets
                possible arg: "[timeout]" - timeout for cached files
    -f "<server;location>" Configure fastcgi proxy and location
                required arg: "<server[:port]>;</location>"
                <server> is hostname or IP to connect to
                <location> is the URI in nginx (IE: /mediatomb)
    -g ""       Generate a selfsigned SSL cert
                possible args: "[domain][;country][;state][;locality][;org]"
                    domain - FQDN for server
                    country - 2 letter country code
                    state - state of server location
                    locality - city
                    org - company
    -P          Configure Production mode (no server tokens)
    -p          Configure PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy)
    -H          Configure HSTS (HTTPS Strict Transport Security)
    -I "<file>" Include a configuration file
                required arg: "<file>"
                <file> to be included
    -i          Enable SSI (Server Side Includes)
    -n          set server_name <name>[:oldname]
    -q          quick (don't create certs)
    -R ""       set header to stop robot indexing
                possible arg: "[tag]"
                    all           no restrictions (default)
                    noindex       don't show in search results or "Cached" link
                    nofollow      don't follow the links on this page
                    none          equivalent to noindex, nofollow
                    noarchive     don't show a "Cached" link in search results
                    nosnippet     don't show a snippet in the search results
                    noodp         don't use Open Directory project metadata
                    notranslate   don't offer translation of this page
                    noimageindex  don't index images on this page
                    unavailable_after: [RFC-850 date/time] don't show after
                                the specified date/time (RFC 850 format)
    -r "<service;location>" Redirect a hostname to a URL
                required arg: "<hostname>;<https://destination/URI>"
                <hostname> to listen for (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
                <destination> where to send the requests
    -S ""       Configure SSL sessions
                possible arg: "[timeout]" - timeout for session reuse, IE 5m
    -s "<cert>" Configure SSL stapling
                required arg: cert(s) your CA uses for the OCSP check
    -T "<server;dest>[;protocol]" Configure a stream proxy
                required arg: "<[IP:]port>;<dest>"
                <server> what (optional) IP and (required) port to listen on
                <dest> where to send the requests to <name_or_IP>:<port>
                possible third arg: "[protocol]"
                [protocol] if not TCP, specify here (IE "udp")
    -t ""       Configure timezone
                possible arg: "[timezone]" - zoneinfo timezone for container
    -U "<username;password>" Configure a HTTP auth user
                required arg: "username;password"
                <username> is the name the user enters for authorization
                <password> is the password the user enters for authorization
    -u "<service;location>" Configure UWSGI proxy and location
                required arg: "<server:port|unix:///path/to.sock>;</location>"
                <service> is how to contact UWSGI
                <location> is the URI in nginx (IE: /wiki)
    -W "<service;hosts>" Configure web proxy hostname and location
                required arg: "http://<server[:port]>/;hosts"
                <service> is how to contact the HTTP service
                <hosts> is a comma separated list of host names (minimum of 1)
                NOTE: the webserver will listen, but DNS is still needed
                possible args: "[header value]" "[sockets]"
                [header value] set "header" to "value" on traffic going
                            through the proxy
                [sockets] if set to "no" don't enable use of websockets
    -w "<service;location>" Configure web proxy and location
                required arg: "http://<server[:port]>/;/<location>/"
                <service> is how to contact the HTTP service
                <location> is the URI in nginx (IE: /mediatomb)
                possible args: "[header value]" "[sockets]"
                [header value] set "header" to "value" on traffic going
                            through the proxy
                [sockets] if set to "no" don't enable use of websockets

The 'command' (if provided and valid) will be run instead of nginx

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

• IPV6 - As above, disables IPv6 support
• BASIC - As above, setup basic auth for URI location, IE /path
• EXPIRES - As above, configure EXPIRES header on static assets
• FASTCGI - As above, configure a fastcgi proxy
• GENCERT - As above, make selfsigned SSL cert
• PFS - As above, configure Perfect Forward Secracy
• PROD - As above, production server flags
• HSTS - As above, HTTPS Strict Transport Security
• INCLUDE - As above, file to be included in configuration
• SSI - As above, enable SSI (Server Side Includes)
• NAME - As above, set servername
• OUICK - As above, don't generate SSL cert
• REDIRECT - As above, configure redirect port;hostname;https://dest/url
• ROBOT - As above, set header to stop robot indexing
• STREAM - As above, configure a stream proxy
• STAPLING - As above, configure SSL stapling
• SSL_SESSIONS - As above, setup SSL session reuse
• TZ - As above, configure the zoneinfo timezone, IE EST5EDT
• HTTPUSER - As above, configure HTTP user username;password (See NOTE2)
• USWGI - As above, configure UWSGI app http://dest:port/url;/path
• PROXY - As above, configure proxy to app http://dest/url/;/path/
• PROXY_HOST - As above, configure proxy to app http://dest/url/;host.name/
• PROXYBUFFER - Enables or disabled the proxy request buffer [on|off]
• USERID - Set the UID for the webserver user
• GROUPID - Set the GID for the webserver user
• CLIENTMAXBODYSIZE - Set the max file size for uploads
• CONTENTSECURITY - Set a CSP (Content Security Policy)

NOTE: The -r/REDIRECT no longer require the port be specified.

NOTE2: optionally supports additional variables starting with the same name, IE HTTPUSER also will work for HTTPUSER2, HTTPUSER3... HTTPUSERx, etc.

Examples

Any of the commands can be run at creation with docker run or later with docker exec -it nginx nginx.sh (as of version 1.3 of docker).

Start nginx with your real CA certs and setup SSL stapling:

sudo docker run -it --name web -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -q
sudo docker exec -it web nginx.sh -q -s echo Stapling configured

Will get you the same settings as

sudo docker run -it --name web -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -q -s

Then run

cat /path/to/your.cert.file | \
            sudo docker exec -it web tee /etc/nginx/ssl/fullchain.pem
cat /path/to/your.key.file | \
            sudo docker exec -it web tee /etc/nginx/ssl/privkey.pem
cat /path/to/your.ocsp.file | \
            sudo docker exec -it web tee /etc/nginx/ssl/chain.pem
sudo docker restart web

Start a wiki running in an uwsgi container behind nginx:

sudo docker run -it --name wiki -d dperson/moinmoin
sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --link wiki:wiki -d dperson/nginx \
            -u "wiki:3031;/wiki"

OR

sudo docker run -it --name wiki -d dperson/moinmoin
sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --link wiki:wiki \
            -e UWSGI="wiki:3031;/wiki" -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with a redirect:

nginx will listen on a port for the hostname, and redirect to a different URL format (port;hostname;destination)

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx \
            -r "80;myapp.example.com;https://myapp.herokuapp.com" \
            -r "443;myapp.example.com;https://myapp.herokuapp.com"

ENVIRONMENT variables don't support multiple values, use args as above

Start nginx with a web proxy:

sudo docker run -it --name smokeping -d dperson/smokeping
sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --link smokeping:smokeping \
            -d dperson/nginx -w "http://smokeping/smokeping/;/smokeping/"

OR

sudo docker run -it --name smokeping -d dperson/smokeping
sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --link smokeping:smokeping \
             -e PROXY="http://smokeping/smokeping/;/smokeping/" \
             -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with a specified zoneinfo timezone:

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -t EST5EDT

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e TZ=EST5EDT -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with a defined hostname (instead of 'localhost'):

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -n "example.com"

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e NAME="example.com" \
            -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with server tokens disabled (Production mode):

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -P

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e PROD=y -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with X-Robots-Tag header (block indexing):

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -R

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e ROBOT=y -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with SSI (Server Side Includes) enabled:

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -i

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e SSI=y -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with Perfect Forward Secrecy and HTTP Strict Transport Security:

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -p -H

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e PFS=1 -e HSTS=y -d dperson/nginx

Start nginx with SSL Sessions (better performance for clients):

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -d dperson/nginx -S ""

OR

sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e SSL_SESSIONS=5m -d dperson/nginx

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For information on the syntax of the Nginx configuration files, see the official documentation (specifically the Beginner's Guide).

If you wish to adapt the default configuration, use something like the following to copy it from a running container:

sudo docker cp web:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /some/nginx.conf

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