How To Deploy a Go Web Application with Docker and Nginx

In this tutorial, you will deploy an example Go web application with gorilla/mux as the request router and Nginx as the web server, all inside Docker containers, orchestrated by Docker Compose. You'll use nginx-proxy with the Let's Encrypt add-on as the reverse proxy.

Ubuntu

22.04

How To Deploy a Go Web Application with Docker and Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04

Learn How To Deploy a Go Web Application with Docker and Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04
18.04

How To Deploy a Go Web Application with Docker and Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04

Learn How To Deploy a Go Web Application with Docker and Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04

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