From 5caec4895e2abc7526460c6a62d131b155a5dc1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Wilder Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:39:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for VIRTUAL_PORT --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 131602d..faf52e5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ nginx-proxy sets up a container running nginx and [docker-gen][1]. docker-gen g See [Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker][2] for why you might want to use this. +### Usage + To run it: $ docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock -t jwilder/nginx-proxy @@ -39,6 +41,9 @@ Provided your DNS is setup to forward foo.bar.com to the a host running nginx-pr CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord"] +### Multiple Ports + +If your container exposes multiple ports, nginx-proxy will default to the service running on port 80. If you need to specify a different port, you can set a VIRTUAL_PORT env var to select a different one. If your container only exposes one port and it has a VIRTUAL_HOST env var set, that port will be selected. [1]: https://github.com/jwilder/docker-gen [2]: http://jasonwilder.com/blog/2014/03/25/automated-nginx-reverse-proxy-for-docker/