how-to-configure-ssl-for-docker-compose.md

How to configure SSL for Bold Reports application.

• Single container deployment
• Multi container deployment

Single container deployment

1. From the docker-compose yaml file add below line under volume in the boldreports service.

   - nginx_data:/etc/nginx/sites-available

   

2. Add below block for nginx in volume and allocate a directory in your host machine to store the shared folders for applications’ usage. Replace the directory path with <host_path_nginx_data>in docker-compose.yml file and up a container.

   nginx_data:
     driver: local
     driver_opts:
       type: 'none'
       o: 'bind'
       device: '<host_path_nginx_data>'

   For example,
   Windows: device: 'D:/boldreports/nginx_data' and device: 'D:/boldreports/nginx_data'
   Linux: device: '/var/boldreports/nginx_data' and device: '/var/boldreports/nginx_data'

3. Copy the SSL certificate .key and .crt format and paste inside the nginx mount folder.

4. Refer below document for SSL changes in nginx file .

   https://github.com/bold-reports/bold-reports-docker/blob/master/docs/ssl-termination.md

5. Restart the Bold Reports container using below command.

   docker restart <container-name or container ID>

Multi container deployment

1. Add a SSL certificate path with .key and .crt file in docker-compose yaml file.

2. Refer below document for SSL changes in nginx file .

   https://github.com/bold-reports/bold-reports-docker/blob/master/docs/ssl-termination.md

3. Restart the Nginx container using below command.

   docker restart <container-name or container ID>