best-nginx

A custom nginx image with some additional modules and some functionality removed. Perfect as a reverse proxy.

Notable Features:

http/3 support (quic)
brotli support
headers-more-nginx-module
geoip2 support
removed many modules that are not needed for a reverse proxy
packaged inside a slim alpine image without build dependencies

Run

docker run -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /path/to/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf ghcr.io/vojkovic/best-nginx/best-nginx:latest

As docker compose:

services:
  nginx:
    image: ghcr.io/vojkovic/best-nginx/best-nginx:latest
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - /path/to/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf