Nginx on Debian 8 (Jessie)

This image provides a basic nginx hosting environment. The intent is for the web content itself to be stored in persistent storage wihch is then mounted in to this image at /var/www

Updates

Please consult https://wiki.debian.org/LTS for information regarding debian 8 lifecycle.

Usage

Please note this image is explictly intended to be run as a non-privileged user. Ensure you specify a user id (UID) other than zero when you run it. Running as root will not function.

bash
UID=999
PORT=80
WEB_ROOT="/var/www/"

docker run -u ${UID}:0 -p ${PORT}:8080 -v ${WEB_ROOT}:/var/www/ 1and1internet/debian-8-nginx

Building and testing

A simple Makefile is included for your convience. It assumes a linux environment with a docker socket available at /var/run/docker.sock

To build and test just run make. You can also just make pull, make build and make test separately.

Please see the top of the Makefile for various variables which you may choose to customise. Variables may be passed as arguments, e.g. make IMAGE_NAME=bob or make build BUILD_ARGS="--rm --no-cache"

Modifying the tests

All tests are run using the testpack-framework image. See 1and1internet/testpack-framework for more information.