My Dockerized Nginx Application

This project demonstrates how to deploy a simple HTML application with Nginx in Docker. The application includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files served by an Nginx server.

Project Structure

The project directory structure should look like this:

Requirements

• Docker installed on your machine.

Instructions

Follow these steps to build and run the application:

1. Build the Docker Image

Navigate to the my-project directory in your terminal and run the following command to build the Docker image:

docker build -t my-nginx-app .

This command creates a Docker image named my-nginx-app based on the configuration in the Dockerfile.

2. Run the Docker Container

After building the image, you can start a container and expose it on port 8080 by running:

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 my-nginx-app

This command will start the Nginx server inside a Docker container and serve your application on http://localhost:8080.

Access the Application

Once the container is running, open your web browser and go to:

http://localhost:8080

You should see the main HTML page of your application served by Nginx.

Notes

• The Dockerfile is set up to copy all files from the current directory (including index.html, script.js, styles.css, etc.) to the Nginx server directory inside the container.
• The Nginx server is configured to listen on port 8080 inside the container, which is mapped to port 8080 on your local machine.

Stopping the Container

To stop the container, find its ID using docker ps and then stop it:

docker stop <container_id>

Or, if you want to remove the container directly, use:

docker rm -f <container_id>

Cleaning Up

To remove the Docker image when you're done, run:

docker rmi my-nginx-app

This README covers all the necessary steps to build, run, and manage the Docker container for this Nginx HTML application.