Basic Dockerfile/docker-compose for Nginx

arch.md

This assumes the following structure:

|- Root
  | docker-compose.yml
  | nginx -
      | Dockerfile
      | nginx.conf
      | data -
          | www
          | images

docker-compose.yml

version: '3'
services:
  nginx:
    build:
      context: ./nginx
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    ports:
        - "9988:80"
    volumes:
        - "./nginx/data:/data"
  

Dockerfile

# Set base image
FROM nginx

# Who run it?
LABEL MAINTAINER="Tim Roberts"

# Move nginx.conf to container
COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

nginx.conf

events {
  worker_connections  4096;  ## Default: 1024
}

http {
    server {
        location / {
            root /data/www;
        }

        location /images/ {
            root /data;
        }
    }
}