Can you run Nginx in a docker container?

Can you run Nginx in a docker container?

Yes, technically you can accomplish the same thing if you run nginx in a Docker container that’s separate from each app’s docker-compose.yml file but now you’ve still lost everything being up’able from 1 file and you need to ensure everything is on the same Docker network.

Where does mynginx4 go in a docker container?

All volumes defined in mynginx4 are mounted as local directories in the helper container. The debian argument means that the helper container uses the Debian image from Docker Hub.

What happens if I have two copies of Nginx?

If you have a single docker-compose.yml file that has everything related to your app (including nginx), what happens if you have 2 apps each with their own nginx service? You can’t publish ports 80 / 443 from 2 different copies of nginx running. You’ll end up with a port conflict.

How can I change the directories in a docker container?

The readonly option means these directories can be changed only on the Docker host, not from within the container. Another option is to have Docker copy the content and configuration files from a local directory on the Docker host during container creation.

If you run your public nginx in another docker container, you do not need to publish the port, but can use dockers networking mechanisms and put both containers into the same network. Finally, we need to setup Nginx to forward the requests to GitLab in the docker container.

Can you use GitLab as a reverse proxy for Nginx?

One simple solution was to change the port on which GitLab’s NGINX listens to. But I don’t like the inconvenience of having to specify a port after a web address. So the ultimate solution was to setup our default web server (which is NGINX as well) as a reverse proxy. Here’s how I proceeded.

Do you need Cntlm to run a GitLab proxy?

Configuring CNTLM is only needed if you are behind a proxy with authentication, but it’s recommended to use in any case. CNTLM is a Linux proxy which can be used as a local proxy and has 2 major advantages compared to adding the proxy details everywhere manually: Assuming you have installed CNTLM , you need to first configure it.

How to install GitLab in a docker container?

This can be done easily with the configuration setting gitlab_rails [‘gitlab_shell_ssh_port’] = 2222 (if you want to use port 2222). Now, your checkout URLs will include the right port and docker will handle the actual port mapping.

Why do I need to run Docker Compose up?

One of the main perks of using Docker is being able to run a single command such as docker-compose up and have everything you need running to serve your application, so there must be a good reason to break away from that.

What to do when Nginx fails to load CSS files?

In your nginx.conf file, add mime.types to your http body like so: Now go to the terminal and run the following to reload the server: Open your web browser and do a hard reload: Right click on the reload button and select hard reload. On Chrome you can do Ctrl + Shift + R For me this was ad blocker installed on web browser.

Why is Nginx not starting from the command line?

One way to fix this is to start nginx directly from the command line (make sure you don’t run it as a daemon). Another option is to create a small script which starts the service and then sleeps forever. Something like: and run this instead of directly running the service command.

How to stop Nginx from shutting down container?

In your case the service command finishes right away and the whole container is shut down. One way to fix this is to start nginx directly from the command line (make sure you don’t run it as a daemon). Another option is to create a small script which starts the service and then sleeps forever. Something like: