NexProxy

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Guide ​

NexProxy is a reverse proxy with a web interface. It forwards traffic to the services running on your network, terminates SSL for them, and takes care of certificates — without you having to write Nginx configuration by hand.

It ships as a single Docker image.

Features ​

  • Proxy hosts, redirections, TCP/UDP streams and 404 hosts — created in the interface, no Nginx knowledge required
  • Free SSL through Let's Encrypt (HTTP or DNS challenge) and support for your own certificates, with automatic renewal
  • Access lists with HTTP authentication and IP rules
  • Advanced Nginx configuration for those who want it
  • User management, per-user permissions and an audit log
  • Migration from Nginx Proxy Manager that carries over hosts, certificates, access lists and users

Two features belong to the Enterprise edition, which is free for private and non-commercial use:

  • High availability — floating-IP failover across two nodes
  • True multi-tenancy — hosts isolated per user

Hosting your home network ​

The basics for anyone new to self-hosting:

  1. Your home router has a port forwarding section somewhere. Log in and find it.
  2. Forward ports 80 and 443 to the machine running NexProxy.
  3. Point your domain at your connection — either a static IP, or a dynamic DNS service such as DuckDNS.
  4. Use NexProxy as the gateway that forwards to your other web services.

Quick Setup ​

  1. Install Docker and Docker Compose
  1. Create a docker-compose.yml file similar to this:
yml
services:
  app:
    image: 'ghcr.io/bonderaustria/nexproxy:latest'
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      TZ: "Europe/Vienna"
    ports:
      - '80:80'
      - '81:81'
      - '443:443'
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
      - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt

This is the bare minimum configuration. See the setup documentation for more.

  1. Bring up your stack:
bash
docker compose up -d
  1. Log in to the admin interface

Once the container is running, connect to it on port 81:

http://127.0.0.1:81

The first startup can take a minute depending on your hardware.

Contributing ​

Pull requests are welcome. CI runs on every pull request and must pass before a change is considered.

Getting Support ​

  1. Found a bug?
  2. Discussions