Custom nginx container exits immediately when part of docker-compose

Question

I\'m trying to learn how to use docker compose with a simple setup of an nginx container that reroutes requests to a ghost container. I\'m using the standard ghost image but hav

Answer 1

I figured out what it was. I needed to name the nginx part of my composition something other than 'nginx' . I'm not sure if it's because there is already an nginx image or if it is something else, but changing it made it work properly.

By changing my compose file to:

ghost:
 expose:
   - "2368"
 image: ghost

mything:
  # image: nginx
  build: ./nginx
  ports:
    - "80:80"
    - "443:443"
  links:
   - ghost

I was able to get it to work. An indicator was that when the name changed, I actually saw the build process output for my container. If anyone knows exactly why the naming needs to be that way, I'd love to know.