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.

• TBD

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:
      - ./data:/data
      - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt

Then:

docker-compose up -d

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

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.

Email:    [email protected]
Password: changeme

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