Nginx-Web-Hosting

#Projects #Docker

Task is simple - Just host the simple index.html page with nginx webserver, reconfigure it to reflect new changes successfully.

Make a project Directory:
mkdir nginx-project
add Dockerfile with following content in it:
vim Dockerfile

FROM docker.io/nginx:stable-alpine
RUN rm -rf /usr/share/nginx/html/*
COPY ./dist/app /usr/share/nginx/html

In the same directory make a directory tree dist/app
mkdir -p dist/app

and put index.html dummy file in it:
vim dist/app/index.html

put any html content on it like this:

<h1> Yoohoo, It working</h1>
<h2> Finally Sigh of relief </h2>

Finally Build image:
docker build -t nginx:latest .

run your docker image:
docker run -d -p 8080:80 nginx

Now to edit things get into your container
docker exec -it <id> /bin/sh

make any changes in your /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

validate configuration:
nginx -t

If you seeing message like this without any error this means everything is okay.

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

To apply configuration use:
nginx -s reload

If you see your changes took place and everything working well good job!

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