In this Nginx Proxy Manager How-To, I’ll show you how to install and configure Nginx Proxy Manager in Docker.

We will use the free and open-source software Nginx Proxy Manager.

Project Homepage: https://nginxproxymanager.com/ Documentation: https://nginxproxymanager.com/guide/

Video: https://youtu.be/P3imFC7GSr0

Prerequisites
Linux Server running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or newer
Domain that points to the public IP of your Linux Server
You can still install Docker on a Linux Server that is not running Ubuntu, however, this may require different commands!

1. Install Docker, and Docker-Compose
   You can still install Docker on a Linux Server that is not running Ubuntu, however, this may require different commands!

1.1. Install Docker

sudo apt update

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

sudo apt update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

1.2. Check if Docker is installed correctly

sudo docker run hello-world

1.3. Install Docker-Compose

Download the latest version (in this case it is 1.25.5, this may change whenever you read this tutorial!)

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

1.4. Check if Docker-Compose is installed correctly

sudo docker-compose --version

1.5. (optional) Add your linux user to the docker group

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

2. Set up Nginx Proxy Manager
2.1. Create a new file docker-compose.ymlfile, please refer to the nginxproxymanager documentation: https://nginxproxymanager.com/guide/.
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Example Docker-Compose File:

version: '3'
services:
  app:
    image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest'
    ports:
      - '80:80'
      - '81:81'
      - '443:443'
    environment:
      DB_MYSQL_HOST: "db"
      DB_MYSQL_PORT: 3306
      DB_MYSQL_USER: "npm"
      DB_MYSQL_PASSWORD: "npm"
      DB_MYSQL_NAME: "npm"
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
      - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
  db:
    image: 'jc21/mariadb-aria:latest'
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: 'npm'
      MYSQL_DATABASE: 'npm'
      MYSQL_USER: 'npm'
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: 'npm'
    volumes:
      - ./mysql:/var/lib/mysql

2.2. Start the Nginx Proxy Manager

docker-compose up -d

3. Login to the web UI of NGINX proxy manager
Now we can log in to the web UI. Simply use your browser to connect to your server by using the IP address or an FQDN and connect on port 81.

Next, you should change your username and password, and that’s it!

Default Administrator User

Email: admin@example.com
Password: changeme