Keenrig

Self-host Nginx on a VPS in one command

A lightweight web server for static pages — and the quickest way to check that a freshly installed server works.

VerifiedWebv1.27.4

Install it on your server

Cloud

The easiest way is through the Console: connect a server, then install the app from the catalog.

  1. Sign in to the Keenrig Console

  2. Add a server and run the install command the Console gives you on your VPS

  3. Go to Catalog, pick this app and press Install

Open the ConsoleInstall Keenrig

Nginx is the most widely deployed web server for serving static files. In the Keenrig catalog it plays a double role: a real home for a static site, and the fastest way to confirm a freshly installed instance actually works — it starts in under a second and its default page says plainly that it is running.

What you would use it for

  • Host a marketing page, documentation site or static landing page on your own domain.
  • Verify a new instance: if Nginx comes up and answers on your domain, then the gateway, DNS and certificate are all correct.
  • Serve build output pushed across from a separate pipeline.

What Keenrig handles for you

  • Pinned by digest — reinstall six months later and you get exactly that 1.27.4-alpine image, independent of any tag.
  • The gateway picks up the domain and certificate: a managed subdomain gets a cloud-issued wildcard, your own domain gets an ACME HTTP-01 certificate obtained by the instance itself.
  • Health checked at `/`; if the container dies the reconcile loop brings it back without anyone pressing anything.
  • Needs 64 MB of memory — it fits on the smallest VPS any provider sells.

What it does not do. This is Nginx serving static files: no PHP, no database, not a CMS. If you need a site with content administration, pick a different catalog entry — Nginx here exists to serve files you already have.

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