Running Nginx in Docker

Nginx is one of the most popular Docker images. This guide covers common use cases.

Quick Start

docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx

Visit http://YOUR_SERVER_IP to see the Nginx welcome page.

Serve Custom HTML

mkdir ~/mysite
echo "<h1>Hello World!</h1>" > ~/mysite/index.html
docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver   -v ~/mysite:/usr/share/nginx/html:ro nginx

Use a Custom nginx.conf

docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver   -v ~/mysite:/usr/share/nginx/html:ro   -v ~/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro nginx

Nginx + PHP-FPM with Docker Compose

services:
  nginx:
    image: nginx:alpine
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html
      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
    depends_on:
      - php

  php:
    image: php:8.2-fpm
    volumes:
      - ./html:/var/www/html

Get SSL with Certbot + Nginx in Docker

docker run -it --rm   -v ~/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt   -v ~/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot   certbot/certbot certonly --webroot   -w /var/www/certbot   -d yourdomain.com

Reload Nginx Config (Without Restart)

docker exec webserver nginx -s reload