From 409f5245588ee99ccd2daf438318b9f38d6d4753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Wempe Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 02:00:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'Non-Docker Host' section to README --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c44bf80..c5c2463 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ To set the default host for nginx use the env var `DEFAULT_HOST=foo.bar.com` for $ docker run -d -p 80:80 -e DEFAULT_HOST=foo.bar.com -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro jwilder/nginx-proxy +### Non-Docker Host + +If you want to proxy a web server that is not a docker conatiner but still want the benefit of [jwilder/docker-gen](https://index.docker.io/u/jwilder/docker-gen/) and [letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion](https://github.com/JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion) you can use a dummy container that just provideds the necessary upstream address to generate the nginx config. + +Start a [dummy container](https://hub.docker.com/r/cwempe/docker-dummy/) and define `VIRTUAL_HOST`, `UPSTREAM_NAME` (and `VIRTUAL_PORT` if the port is not 80) with the address of your web server. +Make sure nginx is able to connect to the web server. + +```console +$ docker run -d \ + -e VIRTUAL_HOST=foo.bar.com \ + -e VIRTUAL_PORT=8080 \ + -e UPSTREAM_NAME=webserver.local \ + --rm \ + cwempe/docker-dummy:latest +``` + ### Separate Containers nginx-proxy can also be run as two separate containers using the [jwilder/docker-gen](https://index.docker.io/u/jwilder/docker-gen/)