Answer Docker Deployment

1. Background

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Github Repo: Answer

2. Answer Deployment and Configuration

• Prerequisite

apt -y update
apt -y install curl nginx python3-certbot-nginx
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sh get-docker.sh

• Create docker-compose.yml

mkdir answer
cd answer
nano docker-compose.yml

version: '3.8'

services:
  answer:
    image: answerdev/answer
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:33333:80" # You can customize your localhost port
    volumes:
      - ./answer-data:/data

• Bring up the container

docker compose up -d

3. Nginx Configuration

nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/answer

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  answer.example.com;
    client_max_body_size 0;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:33333;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

• Enable new Nginx config

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/answer /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/answer

• Issue SSL cert

certbot –nginx

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