- [nginx](src/gitweb/envsubst/nginx.conf.envsubst) Now let envvar SERVER_NAME control the nginx server_name which is visible in the browser tab.

Author: mlan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 1.0.7
+
+- [nginx](src/gitweb/envsubst/nginx.conf.envsubst) Now let envvar `SERVER_NAME` control the nginx server_name which is visible in the browser tab.
+
 # 1.0.6
 
 - [demo](demo/Makefile) Remove obsolete element version in docker-compose.yml.

Dockerfile

@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ ENV	DOCKER_ENTRY_DIR=/etc/docker/entry.d \
 	DOCKER_ENVSUBST_DIR=usr/share/misc \
 	DOCKER_HIGHLIGHT_CMT='#' \
 	PROJECTROOT=/var/lib/git/repositories \
-	PROJECTS_LIST=/var/lib/git/projects.list
+	PROJECTS_LIST=/var/lib/git/projects.list \
+	SERVER_NAME=localhost
 
 #
 # Copy config files to image
 #
 
 COPY	src/*/bin $DOCKER_BIN_DIR/
 COPY	src/*/entry.d $DOCKER_ENTRY_DIR/
-COPY	src/*/config $DOCKER_CONF_DIR/
 COPY	src/*/envsubst $DOCKER_ENVSUBST_DIR/
 
 #

README.md

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ Default: `PROJECTROOT=/var/lib/git/repositories`
 Define which file Gitweb reads to learn the git projects. If set to empty string; Gitweb simply scan the `PROJECTROOT` directory.
 Default: `PROJECTS_LIST=/var/lib/git/projects.list`
 
+#### `SERVER_NAME`
+
+The nginx [server_name](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html) directive and determine which server block is used for a given request. Since there only one block in this application the server_name is not important and can be anyting but empty.
+
+With gitweb the Nginx server_name is displayed in the browser tab. And since it can be chosen freely, it can be seen to have a decorative function.
+
 ## Gitolite
 
 If you have [Gitolie](https://gitolite.com/gitolite/) and Gitweb running on the same machine, you will be able to browse the Gitolite repositories simply by having the services sharing file systems. The [docker compose example](#docker-compose-example) above is doing exactly that.
@@ -137,6 +143,5 @@ The entry scripts, discussed above, as well as other utility scrips are copied t
 ```dockerfile
 COPY	src/*/bin $DOCKER_BIN_DIR/
 COPY	src/*/entry.d $DOCKER_ENTRY_DIR/
-COPY	src/*/config $DOCKER_CONF_DIR/
 COPY	src/*/envsubst $DOCKER_ENVSUBST_DIR/
 ```

demo/docker-compose.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
       - "${CNT_BIND-127.0.0.1:8080}:80"     # HTTP port
     environment:
       - PROJECTS_LIST=                      # Scan repos when list is empty
+      - SERVER_NAME=demo                    # Nginx server_name visible in the browser tab
     cap_add:
       - sys_ptrace                          # Only here to help testing
     volumes:

src/gitweb/entry.d/50-gitweb-generate-conf

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 #
 envsubst '$PROJECTROOT$PROJECTS_LIST$DOCKER_HIGHLIGHT_CMT' < \
 	$DOCKER_ENVSUBST_DIR/gitweb.conf.envsubst > /etc/gitweb.conf
+envsubst '$SERVER_NAME' < \
+	$DOCKER_ENVSUBST_DIR/nginx.conf.envsubst > $DOCKER_CONF_DIR/nginx.conf

src/gitweb/config/gitweb.conf renamed to src/gitweb/envsubst/nginx.conf.envsubst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 server {
   listen *:80;
-  server_name localhost;
+  server_name ${SERVER_NAME};
   access_log  off;
 
   location /gitweb.cgi {