I have a nextjs project that I want to run using Docker and nginx. The setup requires nginx to connect to nextjs behind the scenes, with only nginx being able to communicate with nextjs (users must talk to nginx to access nextjs).
Given the typical nextjs project structure and the contents of the provided dockerfile below, is there a way to utilize nginx in Docker with nextjs?
I am aware that Docker-compose can be used but I prefer keeping it within one docker image as I intend to deploy this image to Heroku web hosting.
NOTE: This setup involves Server Side Rendering.
dockerfile:
# Base on official Node.js Alpine image
FROM node:latest as builder
# Set working directory
WORKDIR /usr/app
# install node-prune (https://github.com/tj/node-prune)
RUN curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/tj/node-prune.sh | bash -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
# Copy package.json and package-lock.json before other files
# Utilize Docker cache to save re-installing dependencies if unchanged
COPY package.json ./
COPY yarn.lock ./
# Install dependencies
RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile
# Copy all files
COPY ./ ./
# Build app
RUN yarn build
# remove development dependencies
RUN yarn install --production
# run node prune. Reduce node_modules size
RUN /usr/local/bin/node-prune
#######################################################
FROM node:alpine
WORKDIR /usr/app
# COPY package.json next.config.js .env* ./
# COPY --from=builder /usr/app/public ./public
COPY --from=builder /usr/app/.next ./.next
COPY --from=builder /usr/app/node_modules ./node_modules
EXPOSE 3000
CMD ["node_modules/.bin/next", "start"]
Dockerfile inspired by https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/with-docker/Dockerfile.multistage
Edit: nginx default.conf
upstream nextjs_upstream {
server nextjs:3000;
# We could add additional servers here for load-balancing
}
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name _;
server_tokens off;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
location / {
proxy_pass http://nextjs_upstream;
}
}