I use NPM in a docker container. It could not be easier in my opinion but then again, I did not use any of the alternatives so I might be missing out on something, who knows. I did manage a couple of proxy servers in the past based on Apache and I can tell you that NPM is much easier and logical to me than that.
Just create a compose file and start it. Create DNS records pointing to your NPM IP address/exposed IP and make a host in NPM sending traffic to the right container IP:port. The compose file is super simple, could not be easier. Here’s mine for example:
services:
nginx-proxy-manager:
container_name: nginx-proxy-manager
image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest'
restart: always
ports:
- '80:80'
- '443:443'
volumes:
- ./data:/data
- ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
I just make sure ports 443 and 80 are exposed on my router so DNS records can point to that IP adrdess. All traffic on port 80 gets re-routed to 443.
I’m probably stating all the obvious things here 😀
So in simple terms, you propose to build a mom-and-pop shop and have it act like a global player like Amazon?
Congrats, it does not happen very often I sit in a chair and stare at the screen in disbelief!