Docker Container Shows Nginx Default Page After EC2 Reboot Patching
After patching and rebooting an EC2 instance running a Dockerized Node.js/React app behind Nginx, the site briefly displays the default Nginx welcome page before the application container is manually restarted. The engineer is unsure whether this is caused by Nginx's own startup sequence or manual intervention by another team, and is seeking to understand the root cause.
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