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Nginx Proxy Manager

Self-Hosting & Servers 2026-08-28
Part of the Networking & Infrastructure series: See all networking docs

Nginx Proxy Manager

Purpose: GUI-based reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt integration. If you find Caddy's Caddyfile syntax unfamiliar, NPM offers a click-through interface for creating proxy hosts, redirects, and SSL termination.

# ~/npm/compose.yml
services:
  npm:
    image: jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "127.0.0.1:81:81"
    environment:
      DB_MYSQL_HOST: db
      DB_MYSQL_PORT: 3306
      DB_MYSQL_USER: npm
      DB_MYSQL_PASSWORD: changeme
      DB_MYSQL_NAME: npm
    volumes:
      - /home/user/npm/data:/data:Z
      - /home/user/npm/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt:Z
    depends_on: [db]
    restart: unless-stopped

  db:
    image: mariadb:11
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootchangeme
      MYSQL_DATABASE: npm
      MYSQL_USER: npm
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: changeme
    volumes: [db_data:/var/lib/mysql]
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  db_data:
cd ~/npm && podman-compose up -d

Access the admin UI at http://localhost:81. Default credentials: admin@example.com / changeme — change immediately after first login. Add proxy hosts via Dashboard → Proxy Hosts → Add Proxy Host; enable Let's Encrypt in the SSL tab.

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