Docker etcd/confd configuration of nginx

confd-watch

#!/bin/bash

set -eo pipefail

export ETCD_PORT=${ETCD_PORT:-4001}
export HOST_IP=${HOST_IP:-172.17.42.1}
export ETCD=$HOST_IP:$ETCD_PORT

echo "[nginx] booting container. ETCD: $ETCD."

# Try to make initial configuration every 5 seconds until successful
until confd -onetime -node $ETCD -config-file /etc/confd/conf.d/nginx.toml; do
    echo "[nginx] waiting for confd to create initial nginx configuration."
    sleep 5
done

# Put a continual polling `confd` process into the background to watch
# for changes every 10 seconds
confd -interval 10 -node $ETCD -config-file /etc/confd/conf.d/nginx.toml &
echo "[nginx] confd is now monitoring etcd for changes..."

# Start the Nginx service using the generated config
echo "[nginx] starting nginx service..."
/usr/sbin/nginx&

# Follow the logs to allow the script to continue running
while ! tail -f /var/log/nginx-servicename*.log ; do sleep 2 ; done

Dockerfile

FROM <private repo>
MAINTAINER Ross Kukulinski "ross@speakit.io"

ADD nginx.toml /etc/confd/conf.d/nginx.toml

ADD templates/nginx.tmpl /etc/confd/templates/nginx.tmpl


ADD confd-watch /usr/local/bin/confd-watch
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/confd-watch

EXPOSE 443

CMD /usr/local/bin/confd-watch

nginx.tmpl

{{ if ls "/services/servicename" }}
upstream ar {
{{ range getvs "/services/servicename/*" }}
    server {{ . }};{{ end }}
}


server {
  listen 443;
  server_name mydomain.com;

  ssl on;
  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/mycert.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/mykey.key;
  ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers         HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;

  access_log /var/log/nginx-servicename-access.log;
  error_log /var/log/nginx-servicename-error.log;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://servicename/;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_read_timeout 86400s;
    proxy_send_timeout 86400s;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504 http_404;
  }
}
{{ end }}

nginx.toml

[template]

# The name of the template that will be used to render the application's configuration file
# Confd will look in `/etc/conf.d/templates` for these files by default
src = "nginx.tmpl"

# The location to place the rendered configuration file
dest = "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/<appname>.conf"

# The etcd keys or directory to watch.  This is where the information to fill in
# the template will come from.
keys = [ "/services/<appname>/" ]

# File ownership and mode information
owner = "root"
mode = "0644"

# These are the commands that will be used to check whether the rendered config is
# valid and to reload the actual service once the new config is in place
check_cmd = "/usr/sbin/nginx -t"
reload_cmd = "/usr/sbin/service nginx reload"