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It is nginx statically linked against BoringSSL, with embedded Brotli support. Secured by default (no root processes, even the master one), it should be safe to use...

Features

Based on Alpine Linux.
nginx built against BoringSSL.
nginx : HTTP/2 (+NPN) support.
nginx : Brotli compression support (and configured).
nginx : no root master process.
nginx : AIO Threads support.
nginx : no unnessary modules (except fastcgi).
nginx : pcre jit enabled.
nginx : optimized configuration.
ngxpasswd : generates a htpasswd file easily.
ngxproxy : generates a proxy vhost after asking you a few questions.

Notes

It is required to chown your certs files with the right uid/pid and change the listen directive to 8000/4430 instead of 80/443. Linux 3.17+, and the latest Docker stable are recommended.

Volumes

/sites-enabled : vhosts files (*.conf)
/conf.d : additional configuration files
/certs : SSL/TLS certificates
/var/log/nginx : nginx logs
/passwds : authentication files
/www : put your websites there

Build-time variables

NGINX_VERSION : version of nginx
GPG_NGINX : fingerprint of signing key package
SIGNATURE : HTTP signature of nginx, default is secret

Environment variables

GID : nginx group id (default : 991)
UID : nginx user id (default : 991)

How to use it?

https://github.com/hardware/mailserver/wiki/Reverse-proxy-configuration

You can use ngxproxy to generate a vhost through an easy process : docker exec -ti nginx ngxproxy

ngxpasswd can generate htpasswd files : docker exec -ti nginx ngxpasswd

Both utilites are interactive so you won't feel lost.

Some configuration files located in /etc/nginx/conf are already provided, you can use them with the include directive.

ssl_params : Provides a nice balance between compatibility and security.
headers_params : HSTS (+ preload), XSS protection, etc.
proxy_params : use with proxy_pass.