NGINX Cookbook

How to do it...

To deploy our load-balanced platform, first we're going to create an NGINX container. Here's our default.conf:

server { 
    listen              443 ssl http2; 
    server_name         dockerdemo.nginxcookbook.com; 
 
    ssl_certificate     /etc/ssl/dockerdemo.crt; 
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/dockerdemo.key; 
    ssl_dhparam         /etc/ssl/dh4096.pem; 
    ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; 
    ssl_ciphers         HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5; 
 
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; 
    client_max_body_size 75M; 
 
    location / { 
        resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=1; 
        set $backend "http://htestbackend:8000"; 
        proxy_pass $backend; 
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; 
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP  $remote_addr; 
        proxy_set_header Host $host; 
    } 
} 

Additional files, such as the associated SSL certificates and Dockerfile ...