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Selinux issue

Short version:

If you are running SELinux and have errors then copy the polcy file to a to the docker host, and then run these commands:

checkmodule -M -m -o sameersbn-docker-nginx.mod sameersbn-docker-nginx.te
semodule_package -o sameersbn-docker-nginx.pp -m sameersbn-docker-nginx.mod
sudo semodule -i sameersbn-docker-nginx.pp

Explanation:

The nginx module ngx_pagespeed doesn't play well with current implementions of SELinux policies for docker. The Pagespeed module tries to call mmap() on /dev/zero to create a volitile (anonymous) shared memory segment. In non-containerized situations this isn't a problem becuse the host is labeled in such away that allows the "execute" permission on /dev/zero. ("execute" permission is required for mmap)

The error generated by ngx_pagespeed looks like this:

nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Unable to create SHM segment [1]globalstatistics, mmap failed with errno=13.
nginx: [warn] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Problem during shared memory setup; statistics functionality unavailable.
nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Unable to create SHM segment [1]dummy_hostname:-1statistics, mmap failed with errno=13.
nginx: [warn] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Problem during shared memory setup; statistics functionality unavailable.
nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Unable to create SHM segment [1]pagespeed_default_shm/metadata_cache, mmap failed with errno=13.
nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] SharedMemCache: can't create segment pagespeed_default_shm/metadata_cache of size 52445184
nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Unable to create SHM segment [1]/named_locks, mmap failed with errno=13.
nginx: [error] [ngx_pagespeed 1.9.32.10-7423] Unable to create memory segment for locks.