Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style (Part 2)

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:49:50 +0000

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Part 1: Wordpress hosting, docker style
Part 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style
Part 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = Wordpress

Today, I’m going to talk about running background jobs with docker. On a non-docker system, you can set up a server to do many things at once - for example run nginx AND update your SSL certs periodically. However, with Docker, you have to choose. You either need to run each process as a separate docker container, or you need to use some sort of supervisor process (supervisord, s6, systemd, etc) which will in-turn kick off the other processes you’re interested in.

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Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style (Part 2)