🔧 NGINX UI Template Overview for Railway The NGINX UI Template provides a beautiful and easy-to-use web interface to manage NGINX configurations on your server. It is ideal for developers, sysadmins, and hobbyists who want a lightweight and user-friendly dashboard to control their NGINX setup via Railway deployment.

🚀 Key Features 🖥️ Web-Based UI for managing NGINX config files

📄 View and edit nginx.conf and virtual host files

🧩 Live syntax validation

🔄 Reload NGINX server from the dashboard

🔐 Password-protected admin access

☁️ One-click deploy on Railway with Docker

🛠 Minimal setup required

📦 Tech Stack Frontend: React.js (built-in with NGINX UI)

Backend: Node.js / Go (depends on the chosen NGINX UI implementation)

Reverse Proxy: NGINX

Deployment: Docker container on Railway

📁 Project Structure vbnet Copy Edit . ├── Dockerfile ├── nginx/ │ ├── nginx.conf │ └── sites-enabled/ ├── ui/ │ └── (UI interface files) └── server/ └── (API to interact with NGINX) ⚙️ Environment Variables Name Description Default NGINX_UI_USERNAME Username for admin login admin NGINX_UI_PASSWORD Password for admin login changeme NGINX_CONF_PATH Path to main NGINX config /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

🏁 Getting Started Click the Deploy on Railway button

Fill in environment variables (username, password)

Access the UI via the generated Railway domain

Start editing and managing NGINX with ease

💡 Use Cases Lightweight NGINX dashboard for microservices

Educational tool for learning NGINX

Remote config editor for personal or dev servers

📝 Notes This template is not recommended for production without additional security measures.

Make sure to keep your admin credentials safe and private.

You can bind a custom domain to your Railway project for production use.