NGINX is one of the most popular web servers in the world. Not only is NGINX a fast and reliable static web server, it is also used by a ton of developers as a reverse-proxy that sits in front of their APIs.

In this tutorial we will take a look at the NGINX Official Docker Image and how to use it. We’ll start by running a static web server locally then we’ll build a custom image to house our web server and the files it needs to serve. We’ll finish up by taking a look at creating a reverse-proxy server for a simple REST API and then how to share this image with your team.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need the following:

• Free Docker Account
• You can  sign-up for a free Docker account and receive free unlimited public repositories
• Docker running locally
• Instructions to download and install Docker
• An IDE or text editor to use for editing files. I would recommend  VSCode

#docker official images #nginx #official image