nginx-dashboard

A web dashboard that controls NGINX entirely via buttons — no command line.
Runs next to nginx on your Ubuntu/Debian server.

What it does

Tab	What it does
sites	create / edit / enable / disable server blocks: reverse proxy, load balancing, PHP & FastCGI, HTTPS (Let's Encrypt, self-signed or your own certs), rate limiting, IP rules, basic auth, gzip, HTTP/2 & 3 — plus a file manager, zip deploy and one-click WordPress
control	start / stop / restart / reload nginx, test the config, publish a vhost for the dashboard itself
logs	live tail of access & error logs, rotate, purge
metrics	stub_status stats and a live connections chart
settings	second factor, sign-in lockouts, new-site defaults, undo history, updates, LEMP install, dark/light

Every change is tested with nginx -t before nginx reloads, so a config nginx rejects never reaches it — and every successful change is undoable.

Try it

npm install
npm run demo

DRY mode on your own machine — it never touches nginx, systemctl or certbot. Opens on http://127.0.0.1:7412, password demo.

Install on a server

npm install
npm run build                       # produces dist/
scp -r . user@server:/tmp/nginx-dashboard
ssh user@server 'sudo bash /tmp/nginx-dashboard/deploy/install.sh'

It installs a systemd unit, generates a DASH_PASSWORD (printed once), and binds to 127.0.0.1:7412 — reach it over an SSH tunnel or publish its own vhost from the Control tab. Optional --lemp adds MariaDB and PHP-FPM.

Full deployment guide — environment variables, LEMP stack, updates, lockout recovery: deploy/README.md

Security

• One password, set in the unit file; placeholder values refuse to start.
• Five failed sign-ins lock the address out for fifteen minutes.
• Optional TOTP second factor, enrolled in the UI.
• Anyone with the password effectively has root: keep it strong.

Development

npm run build   # build the frontend into dist/
npm run dev     # Vite on :5173, proxies /api to :7412
npm test        # all suites