Nginx.conf

[barmalej1]

I have a heavily customized Nginx in my current installation. In all versions before 2.10, I could modify nginx.conf directly. Since nginx is now integrated with Netbox container how can I migrate all the setting into version 2.10+?

[tobiasge]

You can override the file nginx-unit.json in /etc/unit/, but this has a different format. The documentation can be found here.

Unit doesn't have all the capabilities of nginx. So if you need additional options you will have to use nginx.

[jphernandez1587]

Hi @barmalej1. I also used a custom nginx.conf to use https://domain/netbox/ as context root for accessing the application, but I can't get that working in the new Netbox version using Unit. Did you have by chance a similar problem and know how to solve it?
The error I get is:

Static Media Failure
The following static media file failed to load: bootstrap-3.4.1-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css

Check the following:

• manage.py collectstatic was run during the most recent upgrade. This installs the most recent iteration of each static file into the static root path.
• The HTTP service (e.g. nginx or Apache) is configured to serve files from the STATIC_ROOT path. Refer to the installation documentation for further guidance.
  STATIC_URL: /netbox/static/
• The file bootstrap-3.4.1-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css exists in the static root directory and is readable by the HTTP process.

I added "/netbox" to the routes section in the nginx-unit.json as follows, but it didn't work:

"routes": [ { "match": { "uri": "/netbox/static/*" }, "action": { "share": "/opt/netbox/netbox" } },

Any suggestions?

[barmalej1]

the correct pass is /opt/netbox/netbox/static/bootstrap-3.4.1-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css, the section should look like this:

"routes": [ { "match": { "uri": "/static/*" }, "action": { "share": "/opt/netbox/netbox" } },

or

"routes": [ { "match": { "uri": "/netbox/static/*" }, "action": { "share": "/opt/netbox" } }

[jphernandez1587]

Thanks @barmalej1 "routes": [ { "match": { "uri": "/netbox/static/*" }, "action": { "share": "/opt/netbox" } } did the trick :)

[barmalej1]

I added the following to docker-compose.override.yml:

version: '3.4'
services:
  netbox:
    volumes:
    - netbox-unit-config:/etc/unit/:ro
volumes:
  netbox-unit-config:
    driver: local

Then nginx-unit.json can be found and modified here: /var/lib/docker/volumes/netbox-docker_netbox-unit-config/_data/

[cimnine]

Small trick: You should be able to mount the file directly. Then you don't have to 'guess' where on the filesystem Docker puts it's volumes.

# docker-compose.override.yml
version: '3.4'
services:
  netbox:
    volumes:
    - ./your_nging_unit_configuration.json:/etc/unit/nginx-unit.json:ro
volumes:
  netbox-unit-config:
    driver: local