Deploy nginx on Northflank

Nginx is an open source web server. It can act as a reverse proxy, cache, load-balancer, media streamer and more. Its event driven architecture can handle more than 10,000 simultaneous connections making nginx a popular choice for high-traffic sites. Nginx is most commonly used as a reverse proxy that distributes load to multiple backend servers while also providing security and caching for better performance.

You can deploy existing Docker and OCI compliant images on Northflank from public or private repositories. In this guide you will deploy nginx from DockerHub to run as a service and be accessible via a load-balancer with TLS enabled.

1. Create a new service

2. Select Deployment as service type

   • We use a deployment service to deploy public and private Docker images from external registries.

   

3. Under Deployment choose External image and set the image path to nginx:latest

   • By adding this image path you are selecting to deploy the official nginx Docker image.

   

   • Port 80 will automatically be exposed with the HTTP protocol.

4. After the service is successfully deployed, access the deployment via the unique code.run service URL or finish up by linking a custom domain. You will see a page with the message: “Welcome to nginx!”

Further nginx resources you might find useful:

• Nginx beginner guide.

• Article on how to use the official nginx Docker image.

• Nginx documentation.

Further Northflank resources:

• Deploying images from your private Docker registries.
• Deploying images that run on a cron schedule.