openresty / openresty/docker-openresty

Add nginx (or openresty user) to run nginx

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Description

Similar to the official nginx docker container it would be ideal to run the openresty nginx server as a non root user. https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx/blob/25a3fc7343c6916fce1fba32caa1e8de8409d79f/stable/alpine/Dockerfile#L52

This would simplify the handling of nginx.conf quite a bit. Because the nginx user is not present in the openresty container the nginx.conf can't contain a line like user nginx;. For a non container deployment it's recommended to use a non root user. For this reason I run openresty under nginx with the nginx.conf directive of user nginx;. I need to maintain two different nginx.conf file for a container runtime and a non container runtime.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the repository's container build configuration with the linked official nginx Dockerfile, especially the referenced user setup. Verify how the OpenResty image currently handles nginx.conf and non-container deployments. Done means the container supports the requested non-root nginx user without requiring separate nginx.conf files.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, nginx
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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