nginx-basic

Nginx proxy lab

1. Labs stack

• nginx-webserver1: An Ubuntu VM running in nginx webserver.
• nginx-proxy: Nginx proxy points to the web servers.

2. Setup

Prerequisites

• Docker + Docker Compose

Build and run the containers

cd labs/nginx/nginx-basic
docker-compose up --build -d

# To stop and remove contaienr, run:
docker compose down

3. Explore the Nginx proxy

• Access the Nginx Proxy at http://localhost:6082 (You can replace 6082 by the port work on your machine!)
• Refresh the page multiple time and you would see that the Nginx Proxy route to nginx-webserver1