This Docker Compose file bundles an Nginx Reverse Proxy and a Letsencrypt companion containers thus a production-grade HTTP server with virtual hosts can be spin up quickly.
Here is a quick schema:
(credits)
There are two example web application in this file. One is an examplecom named static web page served via Nginx (the usual not the reverse one) and one is an examplewp named Wordpress connected to a MySQL database. Nginx Reverse Proxy, forwards the packets to the examplecom and examplewp with respect to their virtual host parameters. Virtual hosts are set via VIRTUAL_HOST environment variable. This environment variables must be set for each web application that wanted to be proxied.
There are many environment variables that can be set for Nginx Reverse Proxy. Here is a quick list:
- ENABLE_IPV6
- VIRTUAL_PORT
- VIRTUAL_HOST
- VIRTUAL_PROTO
- VIRTUAL_ROOT
- DEFAULT_HOST
Check the image repository for more information.
And a quick list of environment variables can be set for Letsencrypt:
- DEFAULT_EMAIL
- LETSENCRYPT_HOST
- LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL
- DHPARAM_BITS
Check the image repository for more information.