How do I access a server on localhost with nginx docker container?

Question

I\'m trying to use a dockerized version of nginx as a proxy server for my node (ExpressJS) application. Without any configuration to nginx and publishing port 80 for the con

Answer 1

And finally, if you are using Nginx as a reverse proxy for multiple services, you can spin all of that with docker-compose. Make sure to expose ports “80:80” only on the Nginx service. Other services you can expose only the service port without mapping to the underlying network like so:

web:
.....
    expose:
       - 8080
nginx:
.....
    port:
        - “80:80”

and then use Nginx configuration proxy_pass http://service-name:port You don’t need the upstream app part at all