diff --git a/nginx/content.md b/nginx/content.md index 8d8a26003..df6ca3000 100644 --- a/nginx/content.md +++ b/nginx/content.md @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ $ docker run --name my-custom-nginx-container -d custom-nginx ### Using environment variables in %%IMAGE%% configuration -Out-of-the-box, %%IMAGE%% doesn't support environment variables inside most configuration blocks. But `envsubst` may be used as a workaround if you need to generate your %%IMAGE%% configuration dynamically before %%IMAGE%% starts. +Out-of-the-box, %%IMAGE%% doesn't support environment variables inside most configuration blocks. But this image contains a script to run `envsubst`, named `nginx-envsubst`. The script will be invoked automatically and will extract environment variables before %%IMAGE%% starts. Here is an example using docker-compose.yml: @@ -76,19 +76,33 @@ Here is an example using docker-compose.yml: web: image: %%IMAGE%% volumes: - - ./mysite.template:/etc/nginx/conf.d/mysite.template + - ./default.conf.template:/etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template ports: - "8080:80" environment: - NGINX_HOST=foobar.com - NGINX_PORT=80 - command: /bin/bash -c "envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/mysite.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf && exec nginx -g 'daemon off;'" ``` -The `mysite.template` file may then contain variable references like this: +The `default.conf.template` file may then contain variable references like this: -`listen ${NGINX_PORT}; -` +``` +listen ${NGINX_PORT}; +``` + +By default, `nginx-envsubst` reads template files in `/etc/nginx/templates` directory and outputs the result of execution using `envsubst` to `/etc/nginx/conf.d`. + +This behavior can be changed via the following environent variables: + +- `NGINX_ENVSUBST_TEMPLATE_DIR` + - A directory containing template files (default: `/etc/nginx/templates`) +- `NGINX_ENVSUBST_TEMPLATE_SUFFIX` + - A suffix of template files (default: `.template`) + - `nginx-envsubst` only processes the files whose name contains this suffix. +- `NGINX_ENVSUBST_OUTPUT_DIR` + - A directory where the result of executing envsubst is output (default: `/etc/nginx/conf.d`) + - The output filename is the template filename with the suffix removed. + - ex.) `/etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template` will be output with the filename `/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf`. ## Running %%IMAGE%% in read-only mode