# FIXME Search and replace all mentions of FIXME with sensible content in this file and in [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml). # Nginx Docker Compose files Docker Compose files to spin up an instance of Nginx. Nginx comes with an optional sidecar container we're calling `ping` whose purpose is to do health checks. If you want Nginx to bind to a specific virtual IP address you're going to want to use `ping`, it will quite literally ping the virtual IP address for you and report a successful health check once the address becomes reachable. Only then will Nginx start up. Management on your Docker host of a virtual IP address can happen via `iproute2`/`ip addr add`, `keepalived` or similar mechanisms and is out of scope of this repository. Feel free to run Nginx without `ping` if you have no need for a virtual IP address. Continue reading for details on how to start with and without the `ping` sidecar container. # How to run Add a `COMPOSE_ENV` file and save its location as a shell variable along with the location where this repo lives, here for example `/opt/containers/nginx` plus all other variables. At [env/fqdn_context.env.example](env/fqdn_context.env.example) you'll find an example environment file. When everything's ready start Nginx with Docker Compose, otherwise head down to [Initial setup](#initial-setup) first. ## Environment ``` export COMPOSE_DIR='/opt/containers/nginx' export COMPOSE_CTX='ux_vilnius' export COMPOSE_PROJECT='nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}" export COMPOSE_FILE="${COMPOSE_DIR}"'/docker-compose.yml' export COMPOSE_OVERRIDE="${COMPOSE_DIR%/}"'/docker-compose.override.yml' export COMPOSE_ENV= ``` ## Context On your deployment machine create the necessary Docker context to connect to and control the Docker daemon on whatever target host you'll be using, for example: ``` docker context create fully.qualified.domain.name --docker 'host=ssh://root@fully.qualified.domain.name' ``` ## Build FIXME We build the `nginx` image locally. Our adjustment to the official image is simply adding `/tmp/nginx` to it. See [build-context/nginx/Dockerfile](build-context/nginx/Dockerfile). We use `/tmp/nginx` to bind-mount a dedicated ZFS dataset for the application's `tmpdir` location. ``` docker compose --project-name "${COMPOSE_PROJECT}" --file "${COMPOSE_FILE}" --file "${COMPOSE_OVERRIDE}" --env-file "${COMPOSE_ENV}" --profile 'build-nginx' build ``` ## Pull FIXME Rewrite either [Build](#build) or this paragraph for which images are built and which ones pulled, `--profile 'full'` may not make sense FIXME Pull images from Docker Hub verbatim. ``` docker compose --project-name "${COMPOSE_PROJECT}" --file "${COMPOSE_FILE}" --env-file "${COMPOSE_ENV}" --profile 'full' pull ``` ## Copy to target Copy images to target Docker host, that is assuming you deploy to a machine that itself has no network route to reach Docker Hub. Copying in its simplest form involves a local `docker save` and a remote `docker load`. Consider the helper mini-project [quico.space/Quico/copy-docker](https://quico.space/Quico/copy-docker) where [copy-docker.sh](https://quico.space/Quico/copy-docker/src/branch/main/copy-docker.sh) allows the following workflow: ``` source "${COMPOSE_ENV}" # FIXME Docker Hub image name with or without slash? FIXME for image in 'nginx:'"${NGINX_VERSION}" 'ping:'"${PING_VERSION}"; do copy-docker.sh "${image}" fully.qualified.domain.name done ``` ## Start ``` docker --context 'fully.qualified.domain.name' compose --project-name "${COMPOSE_PROJECT}" --file "${COMPOSE_FILE}" --env-file "${COMPOSE_ENV}" --profile 'full' up --detach ``` # Initial setup We're assuming you run Docker Compose workloads with ZFS-based bind mounts. ZFS management, creating a zpool and setting adequate properties for its datasets is out of scope of this document. ## Datasets Create ZFS datasets and set permissions as needed. * Parent dateset ``` zfs create -o mountpoint=/opt/docker-data 'zpool/docker-data' ``` * Container-specific datasets ``` zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/nginx/data/db' zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/nginx/data/logs' zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/nginx/config' zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/ping/data/db' zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/ping/data/logs' zfs create -p 'zpool/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/ping/config' ``` FIXME When changing bind mount locations to real ones remember to also update `volumes:` in [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) FIXME * Create subdirs ``` mkdir -p '/opt/docker-data/nginx-'"${COMPOSE_CTX}"'/nginx/'{'.ssh','config','data','projects'} ``` * Change ownership ``` chown -R 1000:1000 '/opt/docker-data/nginx-${COMPOSE_CTX}/nginx/data/'{*,.*} ``` ## Additional files Place the following files on target server. Use the directory structure at [build-context](build-context) as a guide, specifically at `docker-data`. FIXME Add details about files that aren't self-explanatory FIXME ``` build-context/ ├── nginx │ ├── docker-data │ | └── config │ │ └── nginx.cfg │ ├── ... │ └── ... └── ping ├── docker-data | └── config │ └── ping.cfg ├── ... └── ... ``` When done head back up to [How to run](#how-to-run).