Dockerfile using Ubuntu 18.04 as base which provides:

• Nginx 1.20.2 (compiled from source).
• Nginx configuration passed in from host file system.
• Logging within container at /var/log/nginx (optionally passed to host).
• Document root from host file system mounted within container at /srv/http.
• Ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) exposed at 8080 and 8443 respectively.

To build Docker image:

$ ./build.sh

Alternatively pull the image direct from Docker Hub:

$ docker pull magnetikonline/nginx

Then to run:

$ ./run.sh \
  -c /path/to/nginx.conf \
  -d /path/to/docroot

Or to additionally pass Nginx logs back to host:

$ ./run.sh \
  -c /path/to/nginx.conf \
  -d /path/to/docroot \
  -l /path/to/logs

An Nginx configuration example located under resource/conf.