How to use nextcloud container with existing nginx container?

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Hi, I’m new to docker and was wondering how can I use nextcloud container if I already have nginx container? Can the nextcloud container use the nginx in my already existing nginx container? same with the database? or the only thing I can do is change the port on my nextcloud and on my nginx make a proxy pass to the new port? Thanks

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Our nextcloud image already has nginx and is designed to be used with that. But you can reverse proxy that via another nginx instance like we do here: https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/swag#nextcloud-subdomain-reverse-proxy-example

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@aptalca Correct me if I’m wrong – nextcloud requires a webserver such as nginx (or is really nginx in this situation just a reverse proxy??).

Am I correct in my thinking you could stack nginx (#1)->nginx (#2)->nextcloud where nginx #1 is the reverse proxy and nginx #2 is the webserver?

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Correct. The nginx built in is used as a web server as nextcloud is just a php app.

You can then use our swag image (nginx based) as a reverse proxy in front of it

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how to properrly to configure those nginx?
everything will be run on same server.

scenario one

nginx #1 is:

  • handling several subdomains but there is nextcloud.mydomain
  • also it is listen 80 and 443
  • configuration for nextcloud.mydomain is that it will redirect 80 to 443
  • all trafic will be forwarde to localhost:8043

nginx #2 is

  • listening only 443 but docker will expose that as 8043 on server localhost

so both nginx has to share same certificates?
how to configure nginx #1?
I see advantege that all critical config is done in nginx #2 and I trust to LSIO they are doing it more better then me.

scenario two

nginx #2 will handle only http on port 8080
disadvantage is that I have to configure nginx #1 correctly and safely. I am afraid that I am not good enough in it.

thanks