This image is updated via pull requests to the touchifyapp/docker-nginx-certbot GitHub repo.
Nginx & Certbot: A container that include both nginx and certbot allowing to request and renew Let's Encrypt certificates automatically.
Nginx (pronounced "engine-x") is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server (origin server).
Certbot is a free, open source software tool for automatically using Let’s Encrypt certificates on manually-administrated websites to enable HTTPS.
The following sample shows how to run the container to request a certificate for multiple domains.
docker run -dt \
--name reverse-server \
-p 80:80 \
-p 443:443 \
-v $(PWD)/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt \
-v $(PWD)/certbot:/usr/share/nginx/certbot \
-e EMAIL="myemail@mycompany.com" \
-e DOMAINS="mycompany.com www.mycompany.com" \
touchify/nginx-certbot- EMAIL: Sets the email to use to request Let's Encrypt certificates.
- DOMAINS: Sets the domain(s) to request from Let's Encrypt. For multiple domains, separated by spaces.
- STAGING: Sets to
1to use certbot in staging mode.
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This image is officially supported on Docker version 1.12+.
Please see the Docker installation documentation for details on how to upgrade your Docker daemon.
Documentation for this image is stored in the touchifyapp/docker-nginx-certbot GitHub repo.
Be sure to familiarize yourself with the repository's README.md file before attempting a pull request.
If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us through a GitHub issue.
You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small; we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them as fast as we can.
Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans through a GitHub issue, especially for more ambitious contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone else is working on the same thing.