NGINX Proxy & LetsEncrypt

This simple compose file is just an example of how you could put some of great stuff people have made to some use.

Please note I have NOT made any of this, I have just created the compose file.

The compose-file starts up a couple of containers, and interact with docker itself, to create automated revers-proxy for any docker container that wants it, and if so wanted creates a TLS cert and smack that in the hat as well.

Starting out

Create a network which will allow you proxy to communicate with all your other containers that need proxying. (the below name proxy-net is what is used in the docker-compose.yml, you could choose your own!)

$ docker network create proxy-net

When this has been created, your start up the stack.

$ docker-compose up -d

You are now ready to create you container that needs proxying..

Using a compose file:

version: '2'

networks:
  nginx-proxy:
    external:
      name: proxy-net

services:
  whoami-ssl:
    image: jwilder/whoami
    networks:
      - nginx-proxy
    environment:
      - VIRTUAL_HOST=whoami.mydomain.tld
      - LETSENCRYPT_HOST=whoami.domain.tld

Or simply running it:

docker run -it --network proxy-net \
 -e VIRTUAL_HOST=w.mydomain.tld \
 -e LETSENCRYPT_HOST=w.mydomain.tld \
 jwilder/whoami

Original work by:

• https://github.com/jwilder

  • https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy
  • https://github.com/jwilder/docker-gen

• https://github.com/JrCs

  • https://github.com/JrCs/docker-letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion

• https://www.nginx.com/

• https://letsencrypt.org/