fix: use dynamic BACKEND_URL for nginx reverse proxy (#118)

Fixes #96

- nginx.conf converted to template processed by envsubst at container start
- BACKEND_URL env var (default: backend:3000) replaces hardcoded container name
- Docker DNS resolver used for dynamic upstream resolution
- Dockerfile copies nginx.conf as template to /etc/nginx/templates/

This prevents frontend breakage when users customize container names
in their docker-compose.yml.
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Daniel Volz
2026-02-08 12:05:43 +01:00
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parent 7d6664e684
commit 78a0d3ac8e
3 changed files with 14 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ server {
}
location /api/ {
proxy_pass http://medassist-ng-backend:3000/;
# Use variable for runtime DNS resolution (nginx resolves at startup by default)
# Docker embedded DNS (127.0.0.11) with 10s cache
resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=10s ipv6=off;
set $backend_upstream ${BACKEND_URL};
# Strip /api prefix (nginx doesn't auto-rewrite when using variables in proxy_pass)
rewrite ^/api/(.*)$ /$1 break;
proxy_pass http://$backend_upstream;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;