Nginx Proxy Manager

NOTE: Version 2 is a work in progress. Not all of the areas are complete and is definitely not ready for production use.

This project comes as a pre-built docker image that enables you to easily forward to your websites running at home or otherwise, including free SSL, without having to know too much about Nginx or Letsencrypt.

Features

• TBD

Getting started

Method 1: Using docker-compose

By far the easiest way to get up and running. Create this docker-compose.yml

version: "2"
services:
  app:
    image: jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:preview
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 81:81
      - 443:443
    volumes:
      - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt

Then:

docker-compose up -d

Method 2: Using vanilla docker

docker run -d \
    -p 80:80 \
    -p 81:81 \
    -p 443:443 \
    -v /path/to/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt \
    jc21/nginx-proxy-manager

Administration

Now that your docker container is running, connect to it on port 81 for the admin interface.

http://localhost:81

From here, the rest should be self explanatory.

Note: Requesting SSL Certificates won't work until this project is accessible from the outside world, as explained below.

Default Administrator User

Email:    admin@example.com
Password: changeme

Hosting your home network

I won't go in to too much detail here but here are the basics for someone new to this self-hosted world.

1. Your home router will have a Port Forwarding section somewhere. Log in and find it
2. Add port forwarding for port 80 and 443 to the server hosting this project
3. Configure your domain name details to point to your home, either with a static ip or a service like DuckDNS
4. Use the Nginx Proxy Manager here as your gateway to forward to your other web based services