Nginx

Nginx serves as the web server for the Magento application, proxying requests to the PHP container via FastCGI.

Configuration

The devcontainer's Nginx configuration includes Magento's default nginx.conf.sample from the workspace. This file ships with every Magento installation and contains the built-in Nginx rules for URL rewrites, static file handling, PHP location blocks, and more.

Environment Variables

These variables are set in the docker-compose configuration and substituted into the template at startup:

Variable	Default	Description
MAGENTO2_UPSTREAM	php	Hostname of the PHP container
MAGENTO2_UPSTREAM_PORT	9000	FastCGI port on the PHP container
NGINX_PORT	8000	HTTP listen port inside the container
NGINX_TLS_PORT	8443	HTTPS listen port inside the container
MAGE_ROOT_DIR	/workspace	Path to the Magento root directory

Reloading

If for any reason you need to make changes to the Nginx configuration, you can reload the web server from the workspace:

docker exec $DEVCONTAINER_NAME-nginx-1 nginx -s reload

TLS

A separate TLS template is available at nginx/tls/default.conf.template that adds an HTTPS server block. See the TLS Setup guide for details on enabling it.