Nginx‑GUI: Open‑Source Visual Management Tool for Nginx Configuration and Performance Monitoring

Hello everyone, I’m Lei Ge. I want to share the open‑source Nginx‑GUI tool, a visual configuration and monitoring solution that is a real blessing for Java developers who are new to Linux.

Requirements

The goal is to provide a visual management interface for Nginx, covering:

Configuration management

Performance monitoring

Log monitoring

Other configurations

Solution

So far the first two items have been implemented:

Configuration management

Performance monitoring

Log analysis and monitoring still need a separate solution.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/onlyGuo/nginx-gui

Interface Screenshots

Troubleshooting

1. Download and Configure

First, download the appropriate installation package from the author’s GitHub page. Note that the Linux version has an important note.

Configuration steps:

1. Download and unzip Nginx-GUI-For-Linux-1.0.zip

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2. Modify configuration file

File location:

conf/conf.properties

# nginx installation path
nginx.path = /usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.15.12
# nginx full configuration file path
nginx.config = /Users/gsk/dev/apps/nginx-1.15.12/conf/nginx.conf
#
account.admin = admin

3. Rename (Linux‑only step)

According to the author, for the 64‑bit Linux version rename the following: lib/bin/java_vms →

lib/bin/java_vms_nginx_gui

2. Run on Server

After completing the previous steps, package and deploy to the server.

# Grant permissions
sudo chmod -R 777 nginx-gui/

# Start backend
nohup bash /root/web/nginx-gui/startup.sh > logs/nginx-gui.out &

Access the default port 8889 with the default username/password admin .

Remaining Issues

Implemented features:

Performance monitoring

Visual configuration

Not yet implemented:

Log analysis

Access statistics

GitHub repository again: https://github.com/onlyGuo/nginx-gui