Nginx support?

[pratyushbarik]

Is there an Nginx support? If yes, then how do I swap Apache for Nginx?

[lmakarov]

There is no nginx support at the moment. When the time comes, it is going to be address as part of #143.

[ArtuGit]

@lmakarov
Nginx support still has not returned?

[lmakarov]

Nginx support still has not returned?

@ArtuGit nope, has not been a priority, sorry.

If you want a quick a dirty solution with a "DO NOT USE THIS" disclaimer, then here's how one can use https://github.com/wodby/drupal-nginx (the Docker4Drupal image library) with Docksal.

Step 1
Assuming you are using the default Docksal stack (DOCKSAL_STACK=default is set in docksal.env), add the following overrides in docksal(-local).yml

version: "2.1"

services:
  web:
    image: wodby/drupal-nginx:latest
    volumes:
      # Suppress the permissions fixer script in wodby/drupal-nginx
      - ${PROJECT_ROOT}/.docksal/services/web/fix-permissions.sh:/usr/local/bin/fix-permissions.sh
    environment:
      - NGINX_BACKEND_HOST=cli
      - NGINX_SERVER_ROOT=/var/www/${DOCROOT}
    working_dir: /var/www/${DOCROOT}

If you are using a custom stack configuration (services are defined in full in docksal.yml), replace the web service definition with the following:

  web:
    image: wodby/drupal-nginx:latest
    volumes:
      - ${PROJECT_ROOT}:/var/www:ro
      # Suppress the permissions fixer script in wodby/drupal-nginx
      - ${PROJECT_ROOT}/.docksal/services/web/fix-permissions.sh:/usr/local/bin/fix-permissions.sh
    labels:
      - io.docksal.virtual-host=${VIRTUAL_HOST},*.${VIRTUAL_HOST}
      - io.docksal.project-root=${PROJECT_ROOT}
    environment:
      - NGINX_BACKEND_HOST=cli
      - NGINX_SERVER_ROOT=/var/www/${DOCROOT}
    dns:
      - ${DOCKSAL_DNS1}
      - ${DOCKSAL_DNS2}
    working_dir: /var/www/${DOCROOT}

Step 2

Create fix-permissions.sh (this is a hack to suppress that script in wodby/drupal-nginx):

cd <project-root>
mkdir -p .docksal/services/web
echo 'echo "dummy script"' > .docksal/services/web/fix-permissions.sh
chmod +x .docksal/services/web/fix-permissions.sh

Step 3

fin up

The end result is usable, but remember the disclaimer above ;)

[lmakarov]

Also posted in our blog: https://blog.docksal.io/unofficial-nginx-support-in-docksal-42bfab10548e

[ArtuGit]

@lmakarov Thank.
Did you try this on Drupal 7?

[lmakarov]

@ArtuGit that was Drupal 8, did not try it with 7.