Docker-nginx: Perl module not enabled with alpine Dockerfile?

[hasancansaral]

I am using nginx:alpine and trying to set my environment variables with:

perl_set $SOME_KEY 'sub { return $ENV{"SOME_KEY"}; }';

in my nginx.conf file. As far as I know (from the Dockerfile) alpine version comes with --with-http_perl_module, but I am getting nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "perl_set" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:36. What am I doing wrong?

[hasancansaral]

Loading the module with command nginx -g 'daemon off; load_module /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_perl_module-debug.so;' resolved the issue.

[woto]

Cool, that's what i'm searched. Its would be cool if this tip was present in docker hub nginx main page. Thanks!

[c4m4]

using centos and nginx repo, install package nginx-module-perl and load the module

[eleftrik]

Loading the module with command nginx -g 'daemon off; load_module /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_perl_module-debug.so;' resolved the issue.

Thanks! You made my day.
After hours of searching, I got a Docker container with Nginx and nginx-module-perl.

[thresheek]

@eleftrik Hi, you can also use nginx:alpine-perl image, and use the load_module directive in your nginx.conf file, instead of re-defining the CMD.

[eleftrik]

@eleftrik Hi, you can also use nginx:alpine-perl image, and use the load_module directive in your nginx.conf file, instead of re-defining the CMD.

Thanks for your feedback. During my attempts, I tried different solutions and each one gave me a different error. Redefining the CMD was the only one that worked for me, but maybe I did some mistakes while trying to find a solution.