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Docker Droplet with nginx but no website

I created a Docker Droplet and installed Nginx into it. Systemctl says that Nginx is running. When I browse to the IP address the browser cannot connect. I have installed .Net and SQL Server into the Droplet but nothing else.

The IP address is the same as what I use to SSH to the machine.

I created a fresh Droplet without Docker and installed Nginx into it. I see the default Nginx page that way. So perhaps it is Docker; I am not sure I need Docker.

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Bobby Iliev
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• September 20, 2022

Hi there,

In case that you don’t need Docker, as you mentioned in your comment, you can just create an Ubuntu Droplet and install Nginx as described here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-20-04

Do you have your .Net project already or are you planning to build a new project?

Best,

Bobby

Sam Hobbs • September 17, 2022

I found How to Deploy an NGINX Image with Docker | NGINX and used:

docker run --name mynginx1 -p 80:80 -d nginx

And now I get the default web page.

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