Ruby NGINX

Utility gem with an added CLI for configuring NGINX with SSL.

1. ERB for NGINX configuration templating.
2. Mkcert for SSL certificate generation.
3. Tried and true NGINX for reverse proxying.

This gem is intended to be an aid to your development environment - complemented by Rails NGINX. Don't use this in production.

Installation

Install via Bundler:

bundle add ruby-nginx

Or install it manually:

gem install ruby-nginx

Usage

Library Usage

Adding an NGINX configuration

Ruby::Nginx.add!(
  # required
  domain: "example.test",

  # required
  port: 3000,

  # default: 127.0.0.1
  host: "localhost",

  # default: included template
  template_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/nginx.conf.erb",

  # default: $PWD
  root_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/public",

  # default: false
  ssl: true,

  # default: false
  log: true,

  # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/certs/_[DOMAIN].pem
  ssl_certificate_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/tmp/nginx/_example.test.pem",

  # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/certs/_[DOMAIN]-key.pem
  ssl_certificate_key_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/tmp/nginx/_example.test-key.pem",

  # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/logs/[DOMAIN].access.log
  access_log_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/log/nginx/example.test.access.log",

  # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/logs/[DOMAIN].error.log
  error_log_path: "$HOME/projects/example-app/log/nginx/example.test.error.log"
)

Removing an NGINX configuration

Ruby::Nginx.remove!(domain: "example.test")

CLI Usage

Adding an NGINX configuration

Usage:
  ruby-nginx add -d, --domain=DOMAIN -p, --port=N

Options:
  -d,          --domain=DOMAIN                                        # eg. your-app.test
  -p,          --port=N                                               # eg. 3000
  -h,          [--host=HOST]                                          # default: 127.0.0.1
  -r,          [--root-path=ROOT_PATH]                                # default: $PWD
  -s,          [--ssl], [--no-ssl], [--skip-ssl]                      # default: false
  -l,          [--log], [--no-log], [--skip-log]                      # default: false
  -cert-file,  [--ssl-certificate-path=SSL_CERTIFICATE_PATH]          # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/certs/_[DOMAIN].pem
  -key-file,   [--ssl-certificate-key-path=SSL_CERTIFICATE_KEY_PATH]  # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/certs/_[DOMAIN]-key.pem
  -access-log, [--access-log-path=ACCESS_LOG_PATH]                    # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/logs/[DOMAIN].access.log
  -error-log,  [--error-log-path=ERROR_LOG_PATH]                      # default: ~/.ruby-nginx/logs/[DOMAIN].error.log

Removing an NGINX configuration

Usage:
  ruby-nginx remove -d, --domain=DOMAIN

Options:
  -d, --domain=DOMAIN  # eg. your-app.test

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/bert-mccutchen/ruby-nginx.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.