restart nginx container when upstream servers is updated

Question

I want to add/remove servers in my nginx running inside a docker container

I use ADD command in Dockerfile to add my nginx.conf to /etc/nginx dir.

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Answer 1

If you want to do this from within a container, you will need service/configuration discovery. Tools like coreOS/etcd and Apache Zookeeper are made to facilitate this process. Fair warning: for simple applications, these can be a bit difficult to manage.

There is also docker-gen, which is somewhat easier to get going. There is even a specific pre-made script for exactly the scenario you are describing.