Rename nginx-proxy-manager_notes to nginx-proxy-manager, add docker run equivalent and log volume

Adds a docker run command equivalent to the compose file, splits container
logs out to a separate LOG_PATH volume (they shouldn't be backed up with
the rest of the data), and cleans up README wording.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Nginx Proxy Manager
Remember, if dockhand is using a domain name, this will have to be set up first.
I run one instance of Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) on each host.
## Overview
This Docker Compose configuration sets up the Reverse Proxy application using Docker container.
- App: [Proxy Manager on Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager)
- Official Site: [Nginx Proxy Manager](https://nginxproxymanager.com/)
- [Docker tags](https://hub.docker.com/r/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/tags)
- Expose ports: 80, 81, 443
## Default Login
* Email: admin@example.com
* Password: changeme
## Create Network
The first thing you want to do is create the network:
```bash
docker network create proxy
```
## Expose Ports
80 and 443 must be exposed, but you could proxy to 81 for the admin interface.
### Create volumes
Assuming default sample.env is used:
```bash
mkdir -p /data/nginx-proxy-manager/data /data/nginx-proxy-manager/letsencrypt /var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager
```
## Logs
Nginx Proxy Manager writes access/error logs under `/data/logs`, which is mounted outside of `VOL_PATH`. Since logs shouldn't be backed up with the rest of the data, they're mounted separately via `LOG_PATH`, which defaults to `/var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager/`. If you'd rather back up/sync logs with the rest of the data, just remove the logs volume.
```bash
mkdir -p /var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager
```
## Equivalent docker run command
```bash
mkdir -p /data/nginx-proxy-manager/data /data/nginx-proxy-manager/letsencrypt /var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager
docker network create proxy
docker run -d \
--name proxy \
--restart unless-stopped \
--network proxy \
-e X_FRAME_OPTIONS="sameorigin" \
-e DB_SQLITE_FILE="/data/database.sqlite" \
-p 80:80 \
-p 81:81 \
-p 443:443 \
-v "/data/nginx-proxy-manager/data:/data" \
-v "/data/nginx-proxy-manager/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt" \
-v "/var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager:/data/logs" \
jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:2.15.1
```
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services:
proxy:
image: ${PROXY_IMAGE}
image: ${PROXY_IMAGE:-jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:2.15.0}
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
X_FRAME_OPTIONS: "sameorigin"
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- "81:81"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- "${VOL_PATH}/proxy/data:/data"
- "${VOL_PATH}/proxy/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt"
- "${VOL_PATH:-/data}/nginx-proxy-manager/data:/data"
- "${VOL_PATH:-/data}/nginx-proxy-manager/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt"
- "${LOG_PATH:-/var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager}:/data/logs"
networks:
- proxy
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# Nginx Proxy Manager
VOL_PATH=/data
LOG_PATH=/var/log/containers/nginx-proxy-manager
PROXY_IMAGE=jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:2.15.0
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# Nginx Proxy Manager
This doesn't really work in dockhand as you won't have access to a lot of services without this running.
Moved to notes section, run the compose file manually.
## Overview
This Docker Compose configuration sets up the Reverse Proxy application using Docker container.
- App: [Proxy Manager on Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager)
- Official Site: [Nginx Proxy Manager](https://nginxproxymanager.com/)
- [Docker tags](https://hub.docker.com/r/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager/tags)
- Expose ports: 80, 81, 443
## Default Login
* Email: admin@example.com
* Password: changeme
## Create Network
The first thing you want to do is create the network:
```bash
docker network create proxy
```
## Expose Ports
80 and 443 must be exposed, but you could proxy to 81 for the admin interface.
## Project Setup
See sample-extends.yml
### Create volumes
```bash
mkdir -p data/proxy data/proxy-letsencrypt
```