How do you get a baseline nginx configuration file to customize nginx when using nginx buildpack ?

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Issue/Introduction

To customize nginx when using nginx buildpack, you would need to start with a baseline nginx.conf file which can then be customized to your requirements( for example, to set up proxy).  Follow instructions below to get the nginx.conf file. 

Note: The instructions below show getting the configuration using staticfile_buildpack, but the staticfile_buildpack itself doesn't detect or allow customization.

Environment

Product Version: 2.10

Resolution

1. Push a static app using staticfile_buildpack as shown below

(base) asomachudan-a01:staticapp asomachudan$ ls
Staticfile    index.html
(base) asomachudan-a01:staticapp asomachudan$ cf push staticapp -b staticfile_buildpack

2. Once the app has started, cf ssh into the app. Then get the nginx.conf file as displayed below.

(base) asomachudan-a01:staticapp asomachudan$ cf ssh staticapp
vcap@e92a1a0a-8f06-4f03-4ffc-ad9e:~$ cd /app/nginx/conf
vcap@e92a1a0a-8f06-4f03-4ffc-ad9e:/app/nginx/conf$ ls
mime.types  nginx.conf  nginx.conf.erb