zappi/nginx repository overview

⁠Docker Nginx

⁠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.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/nginx⁠

⁠How does this differ from upstream?

Currently, the only difference is that we use SIGQUIT as the STOPSIGNAL⁠ whereas upstream uses the default i.e. SIGTERM. Using SIGQUIT is better for our use-case as it ensures that nginx will perform a graceful shutdown⁠.

⁠Usage

docker run --name nginx zappi/nginx:latest

For more detailed usage documentation see upstream⁠.