Nginx SSH Command Not Working

Posted by gdavidson26

Hello, I am trying to get into Nginx to set up Authelia but whenever I run the command that is provided in the pop-up when clicking on Nginx it asks for my user password which I then put in but it continues to tell me its incorrect even though I know its the right one. Am I missing a password somewhere or is USER maybe not set up correctly? gabriel@sparkbox-stack:~$ ssh -L 81:localhost:81 USER@My Domain USER@My Domain password: Permission denied, please try again. USER@My Domain password:

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tomspark wrote:

Ah — that command has placeholders you're meant to swap in, which is the snag. Let's do the easy path first. If your box is on your home network, you usually don't need that SSH command at all — just open http://YOUR-BOX-IP:81 in a browser on the same network. That's the Nginx Proxy Manager login screen directly. If that refuses to load, or your box is a remote/VPS server, then the SSH tunnel is the way — but two fixes: run it from YOUR OWN computer (not from inside the box, where you are now), and replace the placeholders with your real login and your box's IP, no spaces: ssh -L 81:localhost:81 gabriel@YOUR-BOX-IP The password it then asks for is your normal box login password (the gabriel one), not an app password. Then open http://localhost:81 in your browser. And heads up — that popup's wording is misleading about needing the tunnel; I'm getting it cleaned up so this is clearer.