./nginx.conf

user  nginx;

worker_processes  auto;

 

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;

pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

 

events {

worker_connections  1024;

}

 

http {

include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;

default_type  application/octet-stream;

 

log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '

'$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '

'"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

 

access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;

 

server {

listen 80;

 

root /usr/share/nginx/html;

index index.html;

 

location / {

# First attempt to serve request as file, then

# as directory, then fall back to redirecting to index.html

try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /index.html;

}

}

}

where all but 'try_files' line is boilerplate

run command:

docker run -d -p 8000:80 -v ${PWD}:/usr/share/nginx/html -v ${PWD}/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro --name my-static-website nginx

(src: https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx/ & NGINX config for Single Page Applications)

(with direnv + alias)

./.envrc

export_alias start-server 'docker run -d -p 8000:80 -v ${PWD}:/usr/share/nginx/html -v ${PWD}/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro --name my-static-website nginx'

export_alias stop-server 'docker stop my-static-website'