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Nginx Proxy Manager Guide — by Nginx Proxy Manager

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Describes a Docker-based web UI for managing nginx proxy hosts, redirects, streams and free SSL. Quick setup is a docker-compose file mapping ports 80, 81 and 443 then opening the admin UI on port 81.

Quick steps

  1. Install Docker and Docker Compose
  2. Create docker-compose.yml with jc21/nginx-proxy-manager, ports 80/81/443, ./data and ./letsencrypt volumes
  3. docker compose up -d
  4. Open the admin UI on port 81

Paraphrased from the source. Menus can differ by version, so check the original for full details.

Read the full article on nginxproxymanager.com

Source: Nginx Proxy Manager Guide by Nginx Proxy Manager. Licence: MIT.

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