Can NGINX UI Run Against An Existing NGINX Container?

[jiriteach]

Hi - If I have an NGINX container already running - is it possible to run NGINX UI in its own container talking to my existing NGINX container?

Thanks

[0xJacky]

Hi @jiriteach, please check this documentation: https://nginxui.com/guide/config-nginx.html#container-control

[jiriteach]

Sure. Both containers are on the same host.

NGINX UI container error -

2025-05-13 15:05:05 ERROR /home/runner/work/nginx-ui/nginx-ui/internal/docker/stat_path.go:24 Failed to stat path error request returned 404 Not Found for API route and version http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.49/containers/temp-app1/archive?path=%2Frun%2Fnginx.pid, check if the server supports the requested API version

NGINX UI - Dashboard NGINX page -

Compose -

services:
    nginx-ui:
        stdin_open: true
        tty: true

        user: root
        
        container_name: nginx-ui
        restart: always
        environment:
            - TZ=Pacific/Auckland
            - NGINX_UI_NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME=temp-app1
        
        volumes:
            - '/home/administrator/Docker/nginx-ui/nginx:/etc/nginx'
            - '/home/administrator/Docker/nginx-ui/ui:/etc/nginx-ui'

            - '/home/administrator/Docker/nginx-ui/www:/var/www'
            
            - '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock'
        
        ports:
            - 6002:80
            
            #- 8443:443
        
        image: 'uozi/nginx-ui:latest'

[0xJacky]

Can you try to upgrade your docker engine?
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

[jiriteach]

Already running the latest version of Docker.

[0xJacky]

Oops, you have to use docker ps -a to identify the real name of the nginx container, it seems that the container is wrong.

[jiriteach]

Thanks - was a container naming issue. Sorted.