# Tags and `Dockerfile` links

- [`latest`, `1`, `1.7`, `1.7.1` (*Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/docker-library/nginx/blob/d2c7eee53b81ae70f4eb9e3348575b35df136c95/Dockerfile)

# 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.

> [wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx)

# How to use this image

## hosting some simple static content

    docker run --name some-nginx -v /some/content:/usr/local/nginx/html:ro -d nginx

Alternatively, a simple `Dockerfile` can be used to generate a new image that includes the necessary content (which is a much cleaner solution than the bind mount above):

    FROM nginx
    COPY static-html-directory /usr/local/nginx/html

Place this file in the same directory as your directory of content ("static-html-directory"), run `docker build -t some-content-nginx .`, then start your container:

    docker run --name some-nginx -d some-content-nginx

## exposing the port

    docker run --name some-nginx -d -p 8080:80 some-content-nginx

Then you can hit `http://localhost:8080` or `http://host-ip:8080` in your browser.

## complex configuration

    docker run --name some-nginx -v /some/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx.conf:ro -d nginx

For information on the syntax of the Nginx configuration files, see [the official documentation](http://nginx.org/en/docs/) (specifically the [Beginner's Guide](http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html#conf_structure)).

Be sure to include `daemon off;` in your custom configuration to ensure that Nginx stays in the foreground so that Docker can track the process properly (otherwise your container will stop immediately after starting)!

If you wish to adapt the default configuration, use something like the following to copy it from a running Nginx container:

    docker cp some-nginx:/etc/nginx.conf /some/nginx.conf

As above, this can also be accomplished more cleanly using a simple `Dockerfile`:

    FROM nginx
    COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx.conf

Then, build with `docker build -t some-custom-nginx .` and run:

    docker run --name some-nginx -d some-custom-nginx

# User Feedback

## Issues

If you have any problems with, or questions about this image, please contact us
 through a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/docker-library/nginx/issues) or via the IRC
channel `#docker-library` on [Freenode](https://freenode.net).

## Contributing

You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small;
we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them
as fast as we can.

Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans 
through a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/docker-library/nginx/issues), especially for more ambitious
contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right
direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone
else is working on the same thing.