nginx (container image)

Built-from-source container image of the NGINX HTTP server

Tags

Docker Hub

Available on Docker Hub as ricardbejarano/nginx:

• 1.19.3-glibc, 1.19.3, glibc, master, latest (Dockerfile.glibc) (about 14MB)
• 1.19.3-musl, musl (Dockerfile.musl) (about 12.3MB)

Quay

Available on Quay as:

• quay.io/ricardbejarano/nginx, quay.io/ricardbejarano/nginx-glibc, tags: 1.19.3, master, latest (Dockerfile.glibc) (about 14MB)
• quay.io/ricardbejarano/nginx-musl, tags: 1.19.3, master, latest (Dockerfile.musl) (about 12.3MB)

Features

• Super tiny (see Tags)
• Compiled from source (with binary exploit mitigations) during build time
• Built FROM scratch, with zero bloat (see Filesystem)
• Reduced attack surface (no shell, no UNIX tools, no package manager...)
• Runs as unprivileged (non-root) user

Configuration

Volumes

• Mount your configuration at /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.

Building

• To build the glibc-based image: $ docker build -t nginx:glibc -f Dockerfile.glibc .
• To build the musl-based image: $ docker build -t nginx:musl -f Dockerfile.musl .

Filesystem

glibc

Based on the glibc implementation of libc. Dynamically linked.

/
├── etc/
│   ├── group
│   ├── passwd
│   └── ssl/
│       └── certs/
│           └── ca-certificates.crt
├── lib/
│   └── x86_64-linux-gnu/
│       ├── libc.so.6
│       ├── libcrypt.so.1
│       ├── libdl.so.2
│       ├── libnss_dns.so.2
│       ├── libnss_files.so.2
│       ├── libpthread.so.0
│       └── libresolv.so.2
├── lib64/
│   └── ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
├── nginx
└── tmp/

musl

Based on the musl implementation of libc. Statically linked.

/
├── etc/
│   ├── group
│   ├── passwd
│   └── ssl/
│       └── certs/
│           └── ca-certificates.crt
├── nginx
└── tmp/

License

See LICENSE.