[BUG] NGINX nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream "server" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:12

[rojosinalma]

Describe the bug
NGINX cannot find server upstream because the container name is not named like that.

** Logs **

nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream "server" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:12

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Set the server container_name in the compose file to anything else other than server
2. Start the compose file
3. Proxy crashes

NOTES:

The NGINX config should not point to a hardcoded name of the server upstream, but instead depend on an env var or something like that.

I understand that everyone can set up their own proxy and overall most people will do it that way, but you can't just depend on people calling the ssm server plain server either. It's too much of a generic name.

[rojosinalma]

Same thing happens when renaming the client container

[rojosinalma]

Problem also exists when the client tries to connect to the Mongo instance if the mongo container is not called "mongo".

Hardcoding URLs or external connections is a horrible idea.

[SquirrelDeveloper]

Hi @rojosinalma . Thanks for the feedback, giving user flexibility through ENV vars is well in my mind, and planned in the near future. Feel free If you can to open a PR to speedup the process :-)
Regards