nginx-ui README

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Yet another Nginx Web UI, developed by 0xJacky, Hintay and Akino.

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Table of Contents
  1. About The Project
  2. Getting Started
  3. Manual Build
  4. Script for Linux
  5. Example of Nginx Reverse Proxy Configuration
  6. Contributing
  7. License

About The Project

Dashboard

Demo

URL:https://demo.nginxui.com

Features

Internationalization

We proudly offer official support for:

As non-native English speakers, we strive for accuracy, but we know there's always room for improvement. If you spot any issues, we'd love your feedback!

Thanks to our amazing community, additional languages are also available! Explore and contribute to translations on Weblate.

Getting Started

Before Use

The Nginx UI follows the Debian web server configuration file standard. Created site configuration files will be placed in the sites-available folder that under the Nginx configuration folder (auto-detected). The configuration files for an enabled site will create a soft link to the sites-enabled folder. You may need to adjust the way the configuration files are organised.

For non-Debian (and Ubuntu) systems, you may need to change the contents of the nginx.conf configuration file to the Debian style as shown below.

http {
	# ...
	include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
	include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}

For more information: debian/conf/nginx.conf

Installation

Nginx UI is available on the following platforms:

You can visit latest release to download the latest distribution, or just use installation scripts for Linux.

Usage

In the first runtime of Nginx UI, please visit http://<your_server_ip>:<listen_port> in your browser to complete the follow-up configurations.

From Executable

Run Nginx UI in Terminal

nginx-ui -config app.ini

Press Control+C in the terminal to exit Nginx UI.

Run Nginx UI in Background

nohup ./nginx-ui -config app.ini &

Stop Nginx UI with the follow command.

kill -9 $(ps -aux | grep nginx-ui | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')

With Systemd

If you are using the installation script for Linux, the Nginx UI will be installed as nginx-ui service in systemd. Please use the systemctl command to control it.

Start Nginx UI

systemctl start nginx-ui

Stop Nginx UI

systemctl stop nginx-ui

Restart Nginx UI

systemctl restart nginx-ui

With Docker

Our docker image uozi/nginx-ui:latest is based on the latest nginx image and can be used to replace the Nginx on the host. By publishing the container's port 80 and 443 to the host, you can easily make the switch.

Note
  1. When using this container for the first time, ensure that the volume mapped to /etc/nginx is empty.
  2. If you want to host static files, you can map directories to container.
  3. If you are upgrading from an older image, see the Docker WebSocket fix guide for required conf.d/nginx-ui.conf updates.
Deploy with Docker
  1. Install Docker.

  2. Then deploy nginx-ui like this:

docker run -dit \
  --name=nginx-ui \
  --restart=always \
  -e TZ=Asia/Shanghai \
  -v /mnt/user/appdata/nginx:/etc/nginx \
  -v /mnt/user/appdata/nginx-ui:/etc/nginx-ui \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -p 8080:80 -p 8443:443 \
  uozi/nginx-ui:latest
  1. When your docker container is running, Log in to nginx-ui panel with http://<your_server_ip>:8080/install. If you change the port mapping, access Nginx UI through the host port mapped to container port 80 instead.
Deploy with Docker-Compose
  1. Install Docker-Compose.

  2. Create a docker-compose.yml file like this:

services:
    nginx-ui:
        stdin_open: true
        tty: true
        container_name: nginx-ui
        restart: always
        environment:
            - TZ=Asia/Shanghai
        volumes:
            - '/mnt/user/appdata/nginx:/etc/nginx'
            - '/mnt/user/appdata/nginx-ui:/etc/nginx-ui'
            - '/var/www:/var/www'
            - '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock'
        ports:
            - 8080:80
            - 8443:443
        image: 'uozi/nginx-ui:latest'
  1. Then creat your container by:
docker compose up -d
  1. When your docker container is running, Log in to nginx-ui panel with http://<your_server_ip>:8080/install. If you change the port mapping, access Nginx UI through the host port mapped to container port 80 instead.

Manual Build

On platforms that do not have an official build version, they can be built manually.

Prerequisites

Build Frontend

Please execute the following command in app directory.

bun install
bun run build

Build Backend

Please build the app first, and then execute the following command in the project root directory.

go generate
go build -tags=jsoniter -ldflags "$LD_FLAGS -X 'github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI/settings.buildTime=$(date +%s)'" -o nginx-ui -v main.go

Script for Linux

Basic Usage

Install and Upgrade

bash -c "$(curl -L https://cloud.nginxui.com/install.sh)" @ install

The default listening port is 9000, and the default HTTP Challenge port is 9180. If there is a port conflict, please modify /usr/local/etc/nginx-ui/app.ini manually, then use systemctl restart nginx-ui to reload the Nginx UI service.

Remove Nginx UI, except configuration and database files

bash -c "$(curl -L https://cloud.nginxui.com/install.sh)" @ remove

More Usage

bash -c "$(curl -L https://cloud.nginxui.com/install.sh)" @ help

Example of Nginx Reverse Proxy Configuration

server {
    listen          80;
    listen          [::]:80;

    server_name     <your_server_name>;
    rewrite ^(.*)$  https://$host$1 permanent;
}

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
    default upgrade;
    ''      close;
}

server {
    listen  443       ssl;
    listen  [::]:443  ssl;
    http2   on;

    server_name         <your_server_name>;

    ssl_certificate     /path/to/ssl_cert;
    ssl_certificate_key /path/to/ssl_cert_key;

    location / {
        proxy_set_header    Host                $host;
        proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP           $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-For     $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header    X-Forwarded-Proto   $scheme;
        proxy_http_version  1.1;
        proxy_set_header    Upgrade             $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header    Connection          $connection_upgrade;
        proxy_pass          http://127.0.0.1:9000/;
    }
}

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

  1. Fork the Project
  2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is provided under a GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file. By using, distributing, or contributing to this project, you agree to the terms and conditions of this license.

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What is this?Nginx UI is a web-based admin panel for managing an Nginx server: editing site configs, viewing logs, issuing SSL certificates, and monitoring server stats, all through a browser instead of the command line.
Is this a GUI editor on top of my existing Nginx, or does it replace it entirely?It runs alongside or inside the same environment as Nginx and manages its config files directly; the Docker image is based on the Nginx image itself so it can fully replace Nginx on the host.
How do I get it running?Download a prebuilt binary for your OS and run it, install it as a systemd service via the Linux install script, or run the official uozi/nginx-ui:latest Docker image (or docker-compose) and publish ports 80/443.
Any install pitfalls I should know about?The default login is admin/admin so you should change it immediately, it defaults to ports 9000 (HTTP) and 9180 (ACME challenge) which can conflict with existing services, and it expects the Debian-style sites-available/sites-enabled layout so non-Debian systems may need extra nginx.conf tweaks.
Which platforms does it actually support?Prebuilt binaries cover macOS 11+, Windows 10+, Linux 2.6.23+ (x86/amd64/arm64/mips/riscv64/loongarch64) including Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Arch, plus FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly BSD and OpenWrt.
Does it have an AI assistant built in?Yes, it includes an online ChatGPT-style assistant supporting multiple models (including Deepseek-R1 with chain-of-thought display) to help write and optimize Nginx configs, plus an Ace editor with LLM code completion.
What is the MCP support for?Nginx UI exposes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI agents can interact with it directly for automated configuration management and service control.
Can I manage more than one server with it?Yes, it has cluster management that can mirror configuration operations to multiple nodes, making multi-server setups easier to administer.
Does it handle SSL certificates for me?Yes, it supports one-click deployment and automatic renewal of Let's Encrypt certificates.
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