How to configure Nginx Proxy Manager

Proxy Server Definition

A proxy server is a system or router that provides a gateway between users and the internet. Therefore, it helps prevent cyber attackers from entering a private network. It is a server, referred to as an “intermediary” because it goes between end-users and the web pages they visit online.

When a computer connects to the internet, it uses an IP address. This is similar to your home’s street address, telling incoming data where to go and marking outgoing data with a return address for other devices to authenticate. A proxy server is essentially a computer on the internet that has an IP address of its own.

Features

• Beautiful and Secure Admin Interface based on Tabler
• Easily create forwarding domains, redirections, streams, and 404 hosts without knowing anything about Nginx
• Free SSL using Let’s Encrypt or provide your own custom SSL certificates
• Access Lists and basic HTTP Authentication for your hosts
• Advanced Nginx configuration available for super users
• User management, permissions, and audit log

Hosting your home network

I won’t go into 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 ports 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 or Amazon Route53
4. Use the Nginx Proxy Manager as your gateway to forward to your other web-based services

How to configure a webpage

• To login to the proxy console by 81 port
• Add the website which we want to host with proxy

• Add the local website with port and in the domain name add the domain name you have created for this website
• Go to SSL and here we can add our own SSL or we can get it from Let’s Encrypt (a Free SSL provider)

• Now check the force SSL option and save the settings, it will display the output like this

• If there is any issue with the source or destination config, Then the status would we like other than online

Note:

1. We need a public domain to config a reverse proxy
2. To get a domain there are more public domain providers (Sign In – No-IP ) for temp domain
3. There we can do more magic with Cloudflare if we have a public domain