container does not create the contents of nginx folder once volume mount it

[GeekRhapsody]

When mounting nginx folder to follow the setup authentication instructions, no files are created inside that folder, and instead the container exits with this error:
nginx: [emerg] open() "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" failed (2: No such file or directory)

[TuRDMaN]

Same with the /app folder. I had to copy the contents manually from within the container.

[haudankaivajasi]

Same with the /app folder. I had to copy the contents manually from within the container.

How did you achieve this?

[reddragond]

@haudankaivajasi create the container with the bind mounts pointing to different folders. I used ./app:/app2 and ./nginx:/etc/nginx2

Then you can run docker exec ownfoil cp -r /app/* /app2 && cp -r /etc/nginx/* /etc/nginx2
After that you stop the container and relaunch it with the correct bind mounts

[a1ex4]

Hey, indeed the way to configure the nginx basic auth was less than ideal.

I released a new version where this has completely been rewritten to make it more straightforward, please see the new documentation for the 1.1.0 version.