Host websites with Plesk

This guide is optimized for website deployment via Docker.

After deploying your Next.js site with Docker, use Plesk to route your domain to the running container via reverse proxy.

Prerequisites:
- You completed Deploy Next.js websites with Docker.
- Your container is running on localhost:3000 (or another port you chose).
- A domain or subdomain exists in Plesk.

Add the domain in Plesk

Issue an SSL certificate (optional but recommended)

Configure Apache & Nginx reverse proxy

Click on Websites & Domains, select your domain and click under Hosting & DNS on Apache & nginx

Plesk host website

Scroll down and put this in Additional directives for HTTP and HTTPS:

Apache-HTTP & HTTPS


ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3000/

Note

Prefer 127.0.0.1 over localhost to avoid IPv6 resolution issues. If you run multiple sites, map different host ports in Docker and adjust the port in the proxy rules.