Docker Nginx

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.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/nginx

How does this differ from upstream?

• We use SIGQUIT as the STOPSIGNAL whereas upstream uses the default i.e. SIGTERM. Using SIGQUIT is better for our use-case as it ensures that nginx will perform a graceful shutdown.
• We remove the acme, geoip, image-filter, njs and xslt dynamic modules and curl, which upstream installs but we don't use. This keeps their libraries, and the vulnerabilities reported against them, out of the image. Install them in a derived image if you need them.

Usage

docker run --name nginx zappi/nginx:latest

For more detailed usage documentation see upstream.