Nginx Proxy GuardNginx Proxy Guard
Nginx Proxy & WAF Solution

Make Your Nginx
Smarter & Safer

Secure, fast, and easy management for your Nginx proxy. Manage proxy hosts, SSL certificates, and security rules with an intuitive Web UI.

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Robust Security, Easy Management

Reduced Nginx complexity, maximized security.

SSL Automation

Supports Let's Encrypt integration and auto-renewal. Easily issue wildcard certificates with DNS-01 challenge.

Powerful Bot Protection

Automatically block over 80 types of malicious bots and 50+ AI bots to protect server resources.

Intuitive Dashboard

Modern UI providing real-time traffic, block logs, and server status at a glance.

GeoIP Access Control

Allow or block traffic by country. Visualize data with interactive maps.

Log Viewer & Analytics

Analyze Nginx access and error logs with advanced filtering and set exclusion patterns.

Solid Tech Stack

Designed with modern technologies, a microservices architecture that captures both stability and scalability.

Nginx

High-performance web server and reverse proxy core. Supports HTTP/3 and QUIC to ensure stable traffic processing.

PostgreSQL

Relational database for securely storing configuration and log data. Optimized for complex queries and large data volumes.

Redis (Valkey)

In-memory data store for high-speed caching and session management. Supports fast response times and real-time data processing.

Go (Golang)

Powerful and fast backend API server. Provides efficient resource management with concurrency and low memory usage.

React & TypeScript

Modern and intuitive user interface. Increased maintainability with type safety and component-based design.

ModSecurity

Web Application Firewall (WAF) engine. Blocks common web attacks based on OWASP Core Rule Set (CRS).

Get Started Now

Launch Nginx Guard in 1 minute using Docker Compose. Build a secure web service immediately without complex configuration.

1

Prepare server with Docker installed

2

Create docker-compose.yml file

3

Run docker-compose up -d

GitHubDocumentation
terminal
# Create directory
mkdir -p ~/nginx-proxy-guard && cd ~/nginx-proxy-guard

# Download files
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/svrforum/nginxproxyguard/main/docker-compose.yml
wget -O .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/svrforum/nginxproxyguard/main/env.example

# Generate secrets
sed -i "s/DB_PASSWORD=.*/DB_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 24)/" .env
sed -i "s/JWT_SECRET=.*/JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" .env

# Start services
docker compose up -d