nginx-dist

Use nginx as an npm module for tighter integration with node apps (e.g. test fixtures).

Build steps based on https://github.com/jirutka/nginx-binaries with some modifications (remove some modules and add in http3 support with libressl)

Usage

npm install nginx-dist

Example config, put in nginx.conf:

error_log stderr;
daemon off;
events {}
http {
  # Respond to health checks
  server {
    listen unix:./nginx.sock;
    location / {
      echo "OK";
    }
  }
  access_log off;
  server {
    listen 8080;
    root .;
  }
}

import nginx from "nginx-dist";

const server = await nginx();
server.stop();

Running on privileged ports

If you want to bind to privileged ports (anything below 1024, like 80 for http och 443 for https) you need to set the capabilities for the binary.

Something like this should work:

sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' ./node_modules/nginx-dist-*/nginx