Nginx Proxy Manager + NetBird Guide

NetBird Self-Hosted is an open-source deployment of NetBird, a zero-trust networking platform for creating private networks that connect directly to servers and other peers through WireGuard. Its self-hosting setup uses an installation script and can deploy Traefik with automatic TLS, built-in local-user authentication through an embedded Dex server, and an optional reverse-proxy service for exposing resources on the NetBird network. A NetBird client can also operate as a routing peer for services on a Docker subnet, while access policies, remote DNS, NetBird SSH, identity authentication, and service exposure are managed through the platform.

Nginx Proxy Manager is a Docker-based web application with a graphical interface for managing Nginx reverse-proxy hosts, routing requests to services on a private network, supporting WebSocket connections, and managing free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates with automatic renewal. It requires a database and supports multiple users with permissions to view or manage assigned hosts.

NetBird is an open-source, WireGuard-based overlay networking and Zero Trust Network Access platform for connecting remote users, cloud and on-premises resources, edge devices, containers, and agents through peer-to-peer encrypted tunnels. Its agents manage WireGuard connections, obtain peer candidates through ICE and STUN, exchange connection information through a signaling service, and use a relay when direct connections fail. A centralized management service maintains network state, peer addresses, access policies, and configuration updates, while the admin interface supports identity-based access control, network segmentation, SSO, MFA, device posture checks, private DNS, routes, exit nodes, SSH, reverse proxying, activity logging, and integrations such as Terraform and Ansible. NetBird can run as a hosted cloud service or be self-hosted; its repository includes the client, management, signal, and relay components, with most code licensed under BSD-3-Clause and the management, signal, and relay directories under AGPLv3.