dockerpress

Create Docker containers running Wordpress and automatically create a nginx proxy config to map docker port to port 80.

Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of your Docker containers

I have and create a lot of WordPress sites for clients. As of now, I manually create new Docker container, create a nginx (or HAProxy) config file so the site can be reached on port 80 from the outside. And it's a pain.

So I created this Python script that takes care of the container and config file creation. All you have to do i to reload nginx and the site will be up.

Check it out: Script to create wordpress docker container and nginx config file as reverse proxy.

This image illustrates what the setup will look like.

Here's how you use it.

//Git clone and cd into the dir
git clone https://github.com/oskarhane/dockerpress.git && cd $_

//Add execution permission
chmod +x ./dockerpress

//Create your first site. The URL MUST match the URL to be used.
./dockerpress --url www.yoursite.com

//If all is ok, reload nginx
service nginx reload
//or
/etc/init.d/nginx reload

If you already pointed the A-record in the DNS to this servers IP, you should be able to see the site. If not, you can reach it via http://server-ip:http-port. You find the http-port by typing docker ps and read the port (49xxx something) forwarded to 80. It look something like this:

0.0.0.0:49222->80/tcp

Wehere 49222 is the port number to enter.

Even though this script specific to one docker image, you can modify it to work with any docker image.