docker-webproxy

Docker project to deploy an instance of Apache serving as web proxy to multiple web applications which are not directly exposed to the Internet.

Copyright 2014-2015, Gianpaolo Macario

System Requirements

• Docker - Tested with v1.3.0
• One OS supported by Docker - Tested with Ubuntu server 14.04.1 (64-bit)

Prerequisites

1. Create a SSL Certificate for your website. You may use the following command to generate a self-signed SSL key:

    $ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout apache.key -out apache.crt
   

2. Review and/or customize run-apache.sh

Building the Docker image

$ docker build -t _imagename_ .

Example:

$ docker build -t gmacario/maxlab-webproxy .

Running the Docker image

$ docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -h _svrname_ _imagename_

Example:

$ docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -h maxlab.polito.it gmacario/maxlab-webproxy

Debugging

$ docker run -t -i -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -h _svrname_ _imagename_ /bin/bash

Then inside the container launch the services manually - i.e.

/etc/service/apache2/run

A less intrusive way of debugging the container is by using the docker-enter command. See https://github.com/jpetazzo/nsenter for details.

Alternatively you may enable a shell login via SSH:

$ docker run ... _imagename_ /sbin/my_init --enable-insecure-key

then login via SSH using the private key displayed when the container is started.