Nginx reverse proxy tutorials through Portainer gui
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GroundbreakingAir462 · 2023-12-30 16:38

Noob here. Does anyone know of any good tutorials to set up nginx as a
reverse proxy through the portainer interface? Or is this even
possible? I assume it's just simple port mapping. the only container I
have up atm is portainer and it's connecting just fine, but I'm having
issues accessing my nginx login page. I can't seem to find any good
tutorials either.

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LifeLeg5 · 2023-12-30 16:45

why not use an NPM container? the docs for that one is pretty
complete.

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GroundbreakingAir462 · 2023-12-30 16:48

>NPM container

Never heard of npm. Do you have a link?

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LifeLeg5 · 2023-12-30 16:53

yeah it's a bad acronym also used by nodejs.. anyway :

[https://nginxproxymanager.com/](https://nginxproxymanager.com/)

nginx proxy manager, it does the setup for you

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GroundbreakingAir462 · 2023-12-30 17:02

Thanks for the link to the nginx docs which may help! but I dont see
how this has anything to do with npm now that I've looked into it. I
don't think I'd have a use for it, but I'm new selfhosting enough not
to know what my full use case is I guess.

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fyijesuisunchat · 2023-12-30 18:04

Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) as linked here is a GUI for Nginx which
allows for easy configuration of an Nginx reverse proxy. It comes as
an all-in-one docker container. If you need a GUI and prefer Nginx and
deploying through Portainer, this is likely your best bet. It is not
possible to achieve your original ask.

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blackoutjr · 2023-12-30 18:18

I would agree using an NPM container makes it a bit easier.
Here is my template;
```
version: '3.8'
services:
  nginx-proxy-manager:
    container_name: nginx-proxy-manager
    image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest'
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - '80:80'
      - '81:81'
      - '443:443'
    volumes:
      - /docker/nginx/data:/data
      - /docker/nginx/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
```

Clearly adjust the volume paths for your environment.