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# default-backend [![Build Status](https://g.codefresh.io/api/badges/build?repoOwner=cloudposse&repoName=default-backend&branch=master&pipelineName=default-backend&accountName=cloudposse)](https://g.codefresh.io/api/badges/build?repoOwner=cloudposse&repoName=default-backend&branch=master&pipelineName=default-backend&accountName=cloudposse) [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/cloudposse/default-backend.svg)](https://github.com/cloudposse/default-backend/releases/latest) [![Slack Community](https://slack.cloudposse.com/badge.svg)](https://slack.cloudposse.com)

# default-backend ![Build Status](https://g.codefresh.io/api/badges/build?repoOwner=cloudposse&repoName=default-backend&branch=master&pipelineName=default-backend&accountName=cloudposse) [![Slack Community](https://slack.cloudposse.com/badge.svg)](https://slack.cloudposse.com)

This is a default-backend server powered by Nginx. It's purpuse is to serve as a default backend for an ALB default target group with the [`terraform-aws-alb`](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb) module , much the way a [`nginx-default-backend`](https://github.com/cloudposse/charts/blob/master/incubator/nginx-default-backend/) is used with ingress controllers for kubernetes.

The default backend is an HTTP service that handles all URL paths and hosts that the ALB does not understand (i.e., all the requests that are not mapped with an Ingress).

Basically, a default backend reponds to two URLs:
Basically, a default backend responds to two URLs:

- `/healthz` that returns 200
- `/` that returns 404

## Demo

![Screenshot](docs/demo.png)
---

This project is part of our comprehensive ["SweetOps"](https://docs.cloudposse.com) approach towards DevOps.


It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the [APACHE2](LICENSE).




## Screenshots


![Demo](docs/demo.png)
*Example of the default 404 status page returned by backend*


## Usage

```
docker run -p 1234:80 clouposse/default-backend:latest
```








## Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

- [terraform-aws-alb](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb) - Terraform module to provision a standard ALB for HTTP/HTTP traffic
- [terraform-aws-alb-ingress](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb-ingress) - Terraform module to provision an HTTP style ingress rule based on hostname and path for an ALB using target groups
- [terraform-aws-ecs-web-app](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-ecs-web-app) - Terraform module that implements a web app on ECS and supporting AWS resources.



## Help

**Got a question?**

File a GitHub [issue](https://github.com/cloudposse/default-backend/issues), send us an [email](mailto:hello@cloudposse.com) or reach out to us on [Slack](https://slack.cloudposse.com).
File a GitHub [issue](https://github.com/cloudposse/default-backend/issues), send us an [email][email] or join our [Slack Community][slack].

## Commerical Support

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We provide *commercial support* for all of our [Open Source][github] projects. As a *Dedicated Support* customer, you have access to our team of subject matter experts at a fraction of the cost of a fulltime engineer.

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## Community Forum

Get access to our [Open Source Community Forum][slack] on Slack. It's **FREE** to join for everyone! Our "SweetOps" community is where you get to talk with others who share a similar vision for how to rollout and manage infrastructure. This is the best place to talk shop, ask questions, solicit feedback, and work together as a community to build *sweet* infrastructure.

## Contributing

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### Developing

If you are interested in being a contributor and want to get involved in developing this project, we would love to hear from you! Shoot us an [email](mailto:hello@cloudposse.com).
If you are interested in being a contributor and want to get involved in developing this project or [help out](https://github.com/orgs/cloudposse/projects/3) with our other projects, we would love to hear from you! Shoot us an [email](mailto:hello@cloudposse.com).

In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

1. **Fork** the repo on GitHub
2. **Clone** the project to your own machine
3. **Commit** changes to your own branch
4. **Push** your work back up to your fork
5. Submit a **Pull request** so that we can review your changes
5. Submit a **Pull Request** so that we can review your changes

**NOTE:** Be sure to merge the latest changes from "upstream" before making a pull request!


## Copyright

**NOTE:** Be sure to merge the latest from "upstream" before making a pull request!
Copyright © 2017-2018 [Cloud Posse, LLC](https://cloudposse.com)


## License

[APACHE 2.0](LICENSE) © 2018 [Cloud Posse, LLC](https://cloudposse.com)
## License

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See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for full details.

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## Trademarks

All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

## About

This project is maintained and funded by [Cloud Posse, LLC][website].
This project is maintained and funded by [Cloud Posse, LLC][website]. Like it? Please let us know at <hello@cloudposse.com>

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### Contributors

| [![Erik Osterman][osterman_avatar]][osterman_homepage]<br/>[Erik Osterman][osterman_homepage] |
|---|

## Contributors
[osterman_homepage]: https://github.com/osterman
[osterman_avatar]: https://github.com/osterman.png?size=150

| [![Erik Osterman][erik_img]][erik_web]<br/>[Erik Osterman][erik_web] | [![Andriy Knysh][andriy_img]][andriy_web]<br/>[Andriy Knysh][andriy_web] |[![Igor Rodionov][igor_img]][igor_web]<br/>[Igor Rodionov][igor_img]|[![Sarkis Varozian][sarkis_img]][sarkis_web]<br/>[Sarkis Varozian][sarkis_web] |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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# Name of this project
name: default-backend

# Logo for this project
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# License of this project
license: "APACHE2"

# Canonical GitHub repo
github_repo: cloudposse/default-backend

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- name: "Build Status"
image: "https://g.codefresh.io/api/badges/build?repoOwner=cloudposse&repoName=default-backend&branch=master&pipelineName=default-backend&accountName=cloudposse"
url: "https://g.codefresh.io/api/badges/build?repoOwner=cloudposse&repoName=default-backend&branch=master&pipelineName=default-backend&accountName=cloudposse"
- name: "Latest Release"
image: "https://img.shields.io/github/release/cloudposse/default-backend.svg"
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Add alb-ingress and ecs-web-app modules

description: "Terraform module to provision a standard ALB for HTTP/HTTP traffic"
url: "https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb"
- name: "terraform-aws-alb-ingress"
description: "Terraform module to provision an HTTP style ingress rule based on hostname and path for an ALB using target groups"
url: "https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb-ingress"
- name: "terraform-aws-ecs-web-app"
description: "Terraform module that implements a web app on ECS and supporting AWS resources."
url: "https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-ecs-web-app"

# Short description of this project
description: |-
This is a default-backend server powered by Nginx. It's purpuse is to serve as a default backend for an ALB default target group with the [`terraform-aws-alb`](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-alb) module , much the way a [`nginx-default-backend`](https://github.com/cloudposse/charts/blob/master/incubator/nginx-default-backend/) is used with ingress controllers for kubernetes.

The default backend is an HTTP service that handles all URL paths and hosts that the ALB does not understand (i.e., all the requests that are not mapped with an Ingress).

Basically, a default backend responds to two URLs:

- `/healthz` that returns 200
- `/` that returns 404

screenshots:
- name: "Demo"
description: "Example of the default 404 status page returned by backend"
url: "docs/demo.png"

# How to use this project
usage: |-
```
docker run -p 1234:80 clouposse/default-backend:latest
```


# Contributors to this project
contributors:
- name: "Erik Osterman"
github: "osterman"