Deploying phoenix with Nginx

[Exadra37]

I don’t know how to help you with your Nginx configuration but I can suggest you a more easy and automated setup, that I use for my Video Notes web app running on DO with Traefik and Docker.

I have automated the creation of the server with Traefik, Docker and LetsEncrypt via a cloud-init file that you upload when creating the dropplet:

Choosing host for 1k concurrent users

During the time you setup manually a server you can be breached, and this is not theoretically, it happens, thus you must always use the automated mechanisms that your hosting provider gives you to configure the server upon creation, like the cloud-init file. The server firewall should be all locked by default and you just open the ports strictly necessary to operate: [Screenshot from 2021-03-02 09-52-35] This is key, @Exadra37 advice should not be taken as a list of must do or as some ann…

The cloud-init file will also do a lot of security hardening during the creation of the server.