Nginx Proxy Manager CLI Script

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Reference API
3. Prerequisites
4. Installation
5. Settings
6. Usage
7. Options
8. Examples
   • Backup
   • Script Info
   • Host List
   • SSL Enable
   • Host Update
9. Important Notice
10. TODO

Warning

The --restore command is disabled (a fix is in progress).

Description

🛠️ This script allows you to efficiently manage Nginx Proxy Manager via its API. It provides advanced features such as proxy host creation, user management, and configuration display, while also integrating a backup system (BACKUP) with a user-friendly interface.

It simplifies task automation, including proxy creation, SSL certificate management, and full reverse proxy administration.

⚠️ The RESTORE function is still under development. 🚧

🔑 Automatically generates and manages tokens, ensuring their validity, so you don't have to worry about token expiration.

French description:

Ce script permet de gérer Nginx Proxy Manager via son API de manière simple et efficace. Il offre des fonctionnalités avancées telles que la création de hosts proxy, la gestion des utilisateurs et l'affichage des configurations, tout en intégrant un système de sauvegarde (BACKUP) avec une interface conviviale.

Il facilite l'automatisation des tâches courantes, comme l'ajout de proxies, la gestion des certificats SSL et l'administration complète de vos reverse proxies.

⚠️ La fonction RESTORE est encore en développement. 🚧

Reference API

https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/tree/develop/backend/schema

Prerequisites

The excellent NPM ()

Required basic dependencies.

The script will automatically check if they are installed and will download them if necessary:

• curl
• jq

Installation

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Erreur32/nginx-proxy-manager-Bash-API/main/npm-api.sh
chmod +x npm-api.sh
# Run the script.
./npm-api.sh

Settings

Important

(Optional) You can create a configuration file named npm-api.conf with these 4 required variables.

To ensure the script is functional, edit these 4 variables (mandatory).

# npm-api.conf

## Nginx proxy IP address (your Nginx IP/port)
NGINX_IP="127.0.0.1"
NGINX_PORT="81"

## Existing user (user and password) on NPM
API_USER="admin@example.com"
API_PASS="changeme"

# Optional (only if you want in other /path than script directory)
# DATA_DIR="/path/nginx_backup/dir"

Usage

./npm-api.sh [OPTIONS]
./npm-api.sh  --help
./npm-api.sh  --show-default 

NEW dashboard

 📊 NGINX - Proxy Manager - Dashboard 🔧
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 ┌─────────────────┬─────────┐
 │  COMPONENT      │ STATUS  │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🌐 Proxy Hosts  │ 11      │
 │ ├─ Enabled      │ 9       │
 │ └─ Disabled     │ 2       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔄 Redirections │ 1       │
 │ 🔌 Stream Hosts │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔒 Certificates │ 1       │
 │ ├─ Valid        │ 1       │
 │ └─ Expired      │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔒 Access Lists │ 1       │
 │ └─ Clients      │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 👥 Users        │ 3       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ ⏱️  Uptime       │ 2 days  │
 │ 📦 NPM Version  │ 2.12.3  │
 └─────────────────┴─────────┘

 💡 Use --help to see available commands
    Check --examples for more help examples

Options

 🌐 Host proxy creation:
   -d DOMAIN_NAMES                       Domain name (required for creating/updating hosts)
   -i FORWARD_HOST                       IP address or domain name of the target server (required for creating/updating hosts)
   -p FORWARD_PORT                       Port of the target server (required for creating/updating hosts)
   -f FORWARD_SCHEME                     Scheme for forwarding (http/https, default: http)
   -c CACHING_ENABLED                    Enable caching (true/false, default: false)
   -b BLOCK_EXPLOITS                     Block exploits (true/false, default: true)
   -w ALLOW_WEBSOCKET_UPGRADE            Allow WebSocket upgrade (true/false, default: true)
   -l CUSTOM_LOCATIONS                   Custom locations (JSON array of location objects)
   -a ADVANCED_CONFIG                    Advanced configuration (block of configuration settings)
   -y                                    Automatic yes prompts, yes sir!

📦 Backup and Restore:
   --backup                             Backup all configurations to a file
   --backup-host id                     Backup a single host configuration and its certificate (if exists)

 🔧 Miscellaneous:
   --check-token                         Check if the current token is valid
   --create-user user pass email         Create a user with a username, password and email
   --delete-user username                Delete a user by username
   --host-delete id                      Delete a proxy host by ID
   --host-show id                        Show full details for a specific host by ID
   --show-default                        Show default settings for creating hosts
   --host-list                           List the names of all proxy hosts
   --host-list-full                      List all proxy hosts with full details
   --list-users                          List all users

   --host-search hostname                Search for a proxy host by domain name
   --host-enable id                      Enable a proxy host by ID
   --host-disable id                     Disable a proxy host by ID
   --host-ssl-enable id                  Enable SSL, HTTP/2, and HSTS for a proxy host
   --host-ssl-disable id                 Disable SSL, HTTP/2, and HSTS for a proxy host
   --list-ssl-cert                       List All SSL certificates availables (JSON)
   --cert-generate domain email          Generate certificate for the given domain and email
   --delete-cert domain                  Delete   certificate for the given domain
   --list-access                         List all available access lists (ID and name)
   --host-acl-enable id,access_list_id   Enable ACL for a proxy host by ID with an access list ID       
   --host-acl-disable id                 Disable ACL for a proxy host by ID
   --update-host id field=value          Modify any field on existing entry host
   --help                                Display this help

Examples

 📦 Backup First !
   ./npm-api.sh --backup

 🌐 Host Creation:
   # Basic host creation
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080

   # Create host with SSL certificate and enable SSL (all-in-one)
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create sub.domain.com -i 192.168.0.1 -p 80 --cert-generate --host-ssl-enable -y

   # Create host with custom options
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     -f https \         # Forward scheme
     -b true \          # Block exploits
     -c true \          # Enable caching
     -w true \          # Enable websocket
     -y                 # Auto confirm

 🤖 Automatic operations (no prompts):
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 -y
   ./npm-api.sh --host-delete 42 -y
   ./npm-api.sh --host-ssl-enable 10 -y   

 🔍 Information and Status:
   ./npm-api.sh --info                      # Show configuration and dashboard
   ./npm-api.sh --show-default              # Show default settings
   ./npm-api.sh --check-token               # Verify token validity
   ./npm-api.sh --host-search domain.com    # Search for a specific domain
   ./npm-api.sh --host-list                 # List all hosts
   ./npm-api.sh --host-list-full            # List hosts with details
   ./npm-api.sh --host-show 42              # Show specific host details

 🔒 SSL Management:
   # List all certificates
   ./npm-api.sh --list-ssl-cert                 
   
   # Generate standard Let's Encrypt certificate
   ./npm-api.sh --cert-generate example.com --cert-email admin@example.com
   
   # Generate wildcard certificate with Cloudflare
   ./npm-api.sh --cert-generate "*.example.com" \
     --cert-email admin@example.com \
     --dns-provider cloudflare \
     --dns-credentials '{"dns_cloudflare_email":"your@email.com","dns_cloudflare_api_key":"your_api_key"}'

   # Delete certificate
   ./npm-api.sh --delete-cert domain.com        
   
   # Enable SSL for host
   ./npm-api.sh --host-ssl-enable 42            
   
   # Enable SSL with specific cert ID
   ./npm-api.sh --host-ssl-enable 42 33         

 🌟 Complete Examples with Wildcard Certificates:
   # Create host with wildcard certificate using Cloudflare DNS
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create "*.example.com" -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     --cert-generate "*.example.com" \
     --cert-email admin@example.com \
     --dns-provider cloudflare \
     --dns-credentials '{"dns_cloudflare_email":"your@email.com","dns_cloudflare_api_key":"your_api_key"}' \
     --host-ssl-enable -y

   # Same with DigitalOcean DNS
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create "*.example.com" -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     --cert-generate "*.example.com" \
     --cert-email admin@example.com \
     --dns-provider digitalocean \
     --dns-credentials '{"dns_digitalocean_token":"your_token"}' \
     --host-ssl-enable -y

   # Same with GoDaddy DNS
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create "*.example.com" -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     --cert-generate "*.example.com" \
     --cert-email admin@example.com \
     --dns-provider godaddy \
     --dns-credentials '{"dns_godaddy_key":"your_key","dns_godaddy_secret":"your_secret"}' \
     --host-ssl-enable -y

 🛡️ Access Control Lists:
   ./npm-api.sh --list-access                   # List all access lists
   ./npm-api.sh --host-acl-enable 42,5          # Enable ACL ID 5 for host 42
   ./npm-api.sh --host-acl-disable 42           # Disable ACL for host 42

 👥 User Management:
   ./npm-api.sh --create-user newuser password123 user@example.com
   ./npm-api.sh --delete-user 'username'
   ./npm-api.sh --list-users

 🔧 Advanced Examples:
   # Custom Nginx configuration
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     -a 'proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;'

 🛡️ Custom locations:
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 \
     -l '[{"path":"/api","forward_host":"192.168.1.11","forward_port":8081}]'

   # Update specific fields
   ./npm-api.sh --update-host 42 forward_scheme=https
   ./npm-api.sh --update-host 42 forward_port=8443

 
 🔖 Full options:
   ./npm-api.sh --host-create example.com -i 192.168.1.10 -p 8080 -f https -c true -b true -w true -a 'proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;' -l '[{"path":"/api","forward_host":"192.168.1.11","forward_port":8081}]'

--backup

./npm-api.sh --backup

💾 Backup Operations

Schema of the backup directory:

# Full backup of all configurations
./npm-api.sh --backup

# This will create a backup in the following structure:
📁 data/
└── 📁 backups/
    └── 📁 [IP]_[PORT]/
        ├── 📁 .access_lists/                    # Access list configurations
        ├── 📁 .Proxy_Hosts/                     # All proxy host configurations
        │   ├── 📁 [DOMAIN]/                     # Directory for each domain
        │   │   ├── 📁 logs/                     # Log directory
        │   │   ├── 📁 ssl/                      # SSL directory
        │   │   │   ├── 📄 certificate_meta.json # Certificate metadata
        │   │   │   ├── 📄 certificate.pem       # Certificate
        │   │   │   ├── 📄 chain.pem             # Chain of certificates
        │   │   │   └── 📄 private.key           # Private key
        │   │   ├── 📄 nginx.conf                # Nginx configuration
        │   │   └── 📄 proxy_config.json         # Proxy configuration
        │   ├── 📄 all_hosts_[DATE].json         # List of all hosts
        │   └── 📄 all_hosts_latest.json         # Symlink to latest backup        
        ├── 📁 .settings/                        # NPM settings
        ├── 📁 .ssl/                             # SSL certificates
        ├── 📁 .user/                            # User configurations
        └── 📄 full_config.json                  # Complete backup file
        └── 📁 token/  
            ├── 📄 token.txt                     # Authentication token
            └── 📄 expiry.txt                    # Token expiry date        

🔄 Backup Contents

1. Proxy Hosts (/.Proxy_Hosts/)

   • Individual host configurations
   • Nginx configurations
   • Complete host list with timestamps

2. SSL Certificates (/.ssl/)

   • Certificates and private keys
   • Certificate metadata
   • Chain certificates

3. Access Lists (/.access_lists/)

   • Access list configurations
   • Client authorizations
   • Access rules

4. Users (/.user/)

   • User accounts
   • Permissions
   • Authentication settings

5. Settings (/.settings/)

   • Global NPM settings
   • System configurations
   • Default parameters

🔐 Token Management

The token/ directory contains:

• Authentication tokens
• Token expiry information
• One file per NPM instance

--host-update

update specific fields of an existing proxy host

The --host-update command allows you to update specific fields of an existing proxy host in Nginx Proxy Manager without recreating it.

Simply specify the proxy host ID and the field you want to update, like this:

./npm-api.sh --update-host 42 forward_host=new.backend.local

Field Name	Type	Description
domain_names	array	List of domains handled by this proxy.
forward_host	string	The destination (backend) hostname or IP.
forward_port	integer	The destination port (e.g., 8000, 443).
forward_scheme	string	The scheme: http or https.
enabled	boolean	Whether the proxy is enabled (true or false).
ssl_forced	boolean	Redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
certificate_id	integer	The ID of the SSL certificate to use.
meta.letsencrypt_agree	boolean	Agree to Let's Encrypt TOS (true or false).
meta.dns_challenge	boolean	Use DNS challenge for SSL cert (true or false).
allow_websocket_upgrade	boolean	Enable WebSocket support (true or false).
http2_support	boolean	Enable HTTP/2 (true or false).
caching_enabled	boolean	Enable caching (true or false).
block_exploits	boolean	Block known exploits (true or false).
advanced_config	string	Custom Nginx directives (multiline string).
locations	array	Custom location blocks (advanced use).

Verifying the Configuration

Some info of settings in the script with ./npm-api.sh --info

info

./npm-api.sh --info

 🔍 Checking system dependencies and directories...
 ✅ All dependencies and directories are properly set up
    ├── System tools: OK
    ├── Directories : OK
    └── Permissions : OK

 🔑 Checking token validity...
 ✅ Token is valid
 📅 Expires: 2026-03-14T10:24:56.267Z

 Script Info:  3.0.0
 Script Variables Information:
 Config      : /home/tools/Project/nginx_proxy/npm-api.conf
 BASE  URL   : http://127.0.0.1:8099/api
 NGINX  IP   : 127.0.0.1
 USER NPM    : user@mail.com
 BACKUP DIR  : /home/tools/Project/nginx_proxy/data/127_0_0_1_8099

 📂 Backup Locations:
  • Backup: /home/tools/Project/nginx_proxy/data/127_0_0_1_8099/backups
  • Token: /home/tools/Project/nginx_proxy/data/127_0_0_1_8099/backups/token/

 📊 NGINX - Proxy Manager - Dashboard 🔧
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 ┌─────────────────┬─────────┐
 │  COMPONENT      │ STATUS  │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🌐 Proxy Hosts  │ 11      │
 │ ├─ Enabled      │ 9       │
 │ └─ Disabled     │ 2       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔄 Redirections │ 1       │
 │ 🔌 Stream Hosts │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔒 Certificates │ 1       │
 │ ├─ Valid        │ 1       │
 │ └─ Expired      │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 🔒 Access Lists │ 1       │
 │ └─ Clients      │ 0       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ 👥 Users        │ 3       │
 ├─────────────────┼─────────┤
 │ ⏱️  Uptime       │ 2 days  │
 │ 📦 NPM Version  │ 2.12.3  │
 └─────────────────┴─────────┘

 💡 Use --help to see available commands
    Check --examples for more help examples

How to activate SSL ?

By following these steps, you can enable SSL for your proxy host for the first time using Let's Encrypt.

--host-list

List all Host in one command and show ´id´ , ´status´ and ´SSL´ status:

  ./npm-api.sh --host-list

  👉 List of proxy hosts (simple)
    ID     Domain                               Status    SSL    Certificate Domain
    14     example.com                           enabled  ✘
    15     example.titi                          enabled  ✘
    1      domain.com                            disable  8      domain.com
    11     titi.eu                               enabled  ✘
    12     toutou                                disable  ✘
    13     toutoux                               enabled  ✘

--host-ssl-enable

Enable SSL for the Host

Assuming the host ID is 1, you would enable SSL for the host as follows:

./npm-api.sh --host-ssl-enable 1

Other Exemple command:

Host proxy info command --host-show id

 ./npm-api.sh --host-show 1

 👉 Full details for proxy host ID: 59...

{
  "id": 10,
  "created_on": "2024-07-11 13:16:34",
  "modified_on": "2024-07-13 09:42:40",
  "owner_user_id": 1,
  "domain_names": [
    "test.domain.com"
  ],
  "forward_host": "127.0.0.1",
  "forward_port": 80,
  "access_list_id": 0,
  "certificate_id": 81,
  "ssl_forced": 1,
  "caching_enabled": 0,
  "block_exploits": 1,
  "advanced_config": "",
  "meta": {
    "letsencrypt_agree": true,
    "letsencrypt_email": "",
    "nginx_online": true,
    "nginx_err": null
  },
  "allow_websocket_upgrade": 1,
  "http2_support": 1,
  "forward_scheme": "http",
  "enabled": 1,
  "locations": [],
  "hsts_enabled": 1,
  "hsts_subdomains": 0
}

Important Notice: Repository History Rewritten

⚠️ Action Required for All Contributors (or cloned repo.)

We have performed a force push (git push --force) on this repository to remove sensitive data from the history. As a result, the commit history has been rewritten, and your local copy may be out of sync.

🛠️ What You Need to Do? To avoid any issues, please follow these steps to update your local repository:

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/main  # Replace 'main' with your branch name if different

If you have local changes that you don't want to lose, consider making a backup before running these commands.

❓ Why Was This Done? This action was necessary to remove sensitive data from the repository's history and ensure better security.

TODO:

• add setting for ADVANCED configuration in npm location / { ... }
• Add documentation on certain functions
• ADD: a configuration function for Custom Locations
• Backup all settings from NPM
• Add automatic confirmation with -y parameter
• Clean/minimize output when using -y parameter for better script integration
• Creation of ACCESS list through CLI
• Restore Function not working properly, need to find FIX

Credits & Thanks

Special thanks to:

• @ichbinder for implementing the -y parameter for automatic confirmations

License

MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details