Nginx Static Hosting

Project for hosting static files using Nginx + Docker.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have installed these:

• Docker and Docker Compose - Will install all the required packages and software.
• (Optional) Dockerized Nginx - Will generate SSL certificates and make the app accessible through HTTPS_NETWORK, that is set inside .env.

Installation

Make a copy of .env.example file named .env

cp .env.example .env

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Environment variables:

• PORT - port on which the app will be running.
• DOCKER_STATIC_HOSTING - place, where we will save all of our files.
• SSL settings (Not needed without Dockerized Nginx):
  • HTTPS_NETWORK - network, in which our Dockerized Nginx is running.

PORT=8800
DOCKER_STATIC_HOSTING=/var/www/static
HTTPS_NETWORK=https_network

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Create network with the name, that we have in HTTPS_NETWORK environment variable.

docker network create https_network

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Build the Docker image

docker-compose build

Running

Start

docker-compose up

Stop

docker-compose down

Usage

• Put any file inside ${DOCKER_STATIC_HOSTING}/<path_to_the_file> folder.
• File will be accessible under <url>/<path_to_the_file>

<url> will be localhost:${PORT} if running without Dockerized Nginx or you can create SSL Certificate and Proxy Host using Dockerized Nginx

Authors

• Adi Sabyrbayev Github, LinkedIn